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- Transit Costs Project https://transitcosts.com/about/ 44 comments
- Why are U.S. transit projects so costly? This group is on the case https://www.governing.com/finance/why-are-u-s-transit-projects-so-costly-this-group-is-on-the-case 281 comments
- Project 2025 Would Increase Costs for Commuters, Defund Transit Maintenance, and Undermine Economic Growth https://www.americanprogress.org/article/project-2025-would-increase-costs-for-commuters-defund-transit-maintenance-and-undermine-economic-growth/ 62 comments politics
- The craziest thing about Elon Musk's 'Express Loop' is the price. The $1 billion construction estimate is a fraction of what subterranean transit projects cost. https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/06/for-1-billion-elon-musks-tunnel-to-ohare-would-be-a-miracle/562841/ 54 comments technology
- Natural gas in transition: Batteries target grid-balancing; lithium ion costs tumble. "According to a recent analysis of global battery-storage projects by Bloomberg NEF, lithium ion batteries are now undercutting gas peaking plants in much of the world" https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/electric-power/060821-natural-gas-in-transition-batteries-target-grid-balancing-lithium-ion-costs-tumble 30 comments energy
- New Polish gas plants will cost taxpayers billions, derail green transition: All five of the planned gas projects will prove more costly investments than new wind or solar power and are only made viable thanks to subsidies that could cost the taxpayer almost $4.5 billion. https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/new-polish-gas-plants-will-cost-taxpayers-billions-derail-green-transition-study/ 41 comments environment