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excuse-me on July 18, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: In Denmark, Pedaling to Work on a Superhighway

A freeway costs $1M/mi in the middle of nowhere it costs $30-50M/mi in an urban area and $5-6Bn/mi in Boston!

guynamedloren on July 19, 2012 [–]

So we're probably better off waiting for a 1/4 mile highway contract than trying to build the next Instagram.

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