I agree with Reece that there is a diffused misunderstanding in NA of the potential of "small" automated metros. Part of the cost disease in the US+Canada is not only that we pay more for the same, but also that we build much more than what is necessary to achieve the same goal https://twitter.com/RM_Transit/status/1341368550632599553
People mocked Turin's VAL 208 as feeling like an horizontal lift, because of tiny trainsets (52m * 2,08m) and stations. But the 13.2 km line carries 150k/day and costed 1,035 M€ to build (including RS). That is 6.9k$/rider, a bargain compared to most US rail transit.
And the line is far from being at capacity: with additional rolling stock it can reach 68'' headways and an hourly capacity close to 20k pphhd. Overbuilding and overpaying are two sides of the same disease: a waste of precious public money.
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