[fibonacc]

Its puzzling how the world's richest country spends more than a country like South Korea on public transit and still stuck using Windows 98 and other ancient antics.

For instance the Seoul Metro yearly budget is 10x less than New York's yet it runs far longer and more efficient. It's also safer.

[midoridensha]

Construction costs (for buildings or tunnels) in NYC are also many times higher than anyplace else in the world, largely due to corruption.

[ParksNet]

Also vast demographic differences in the subway riders.