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The Transit Guy

The Hitchhikers Guide to Building A Lot of Subways

A Four-Step Playbook for Building Transit Faster, Cheaper, and Smarter

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Hayden Clarkin
Oct 03, 2025
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Chances are, you’ll be gone long before you ever see a comprehensive, robust transit system where you live.

Ouch. That reality stings, but it’s true. MARTA hasn’t added a single mile of new rail since 2000, the MTA has managed only a handful of new stations in decades, and Chicago’s Red Line extension has taken decades for just six miles of elevated trac…

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