How to (Wisely) Spend a Fortune on Transit, Down Under
Australia and America have a lot in common: sprawling suburbs, a deep love affair with the automobile and like just about everywhere in the Anglosphere — an inability to build infrastructure at reasonable costs. But despite the big price tags, Australia (and the United Kingdom) have done a far better job of figuring out what to build and actually ponying up the money needed to get it done. Australia’s largest cities have spent the past couple decades building new metros, light rail lines and other transit infrastructure, while the UK has found creative ways to fund major projects through…
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