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0 pointsricardobeat2y ago0 comments

As the article points out, Japan is densely populated and builds at 1/4 of the cost. That alone cannot explain it.

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kmlx2y ago· 1 in thread

> As the article points out, Japan is densely populated and builds at 1/4 of the cost.

Japan has totally different regulatory, employment and procurement systems than anywhere in Europe.

chii2y ago

Looking at safety and operational outcomes, those differences in regulations don't seem to have a negative effect. So they're not sacrificing something for this efficiency it seems.

So why doesn't europe or britain adopt these different regulations and make their own system more efficient?

DrBazza2y ago

We don’t do viaducts over streets or houses. We have to tunnel under tunnels, and so much bureaucracy. Newts on the site? Need to be moved. Some other animals? Need to wait a year to move them. Bats? Careful there. Well motivated neighbourhood group? Some sort of legal challenge. Protestors in tunnels that can’t be removed for months. The list is endless.

throwaway59592y ago

Graft.

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