Why U.S. Cities Don't Build Metro Systems

Podcast: City Beautiful · City Beautiful

Opublikowano: 2026-10-31

Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-why-us-cities-dont-build-metro-systems New York, Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia built their metro systems over 100 years ago, and since then there hasn't been a big boom in metro construction. Big cities like Houston, Dallas, and Phoenix don't have one. Why not? And should they? Resources on this topic: https://ggwash.org/view/71583/light-rail-heavy-rail-subway-rail-transit-modes-fall-on-a-continuum https://www.metro.net/about/rail-modes https://journalistsresource.org/economics/bus-versus-rail/ https://policy.tti.tamu.edu/strategy/heavy-rail/<...