[teknofobi]

> 1. Red tape & public "input"

> [...] and bureaucrats and all of that.

On a recent episode of the Ezra Klein show, Jerusalem Demsas argued that part of the problem is that the bureaucrats in the US are too constrained in their powers, so e.g. when weighing an infrastructure project against wildlife protection laws, it's not a bureaucratic organisation making a final decision on how to proceed with minimal impact, but it's private organised interest groups litigating without any limits on re-litigation, and a ruling that does not necessarily weigh the public interest of having projects proceeding towards completion.

[davidw]

I don't do podcasts, but I read that that was a really good one, and everything she writes about housing is fantastic.

https://www.vox.com/authors/jerusalem-demsas

[atlasunshrugged]

I think it was this article that's most relevant? https://www.vox.com/22534714/rail-roads-infrastructure-costs...