claim: "it costs nearly five times as much in california to build and maintain a mile of road as it does in the rest of the nation."
author: john cox
evidence_1: jan 10, 2014 ... the increase would cost the average california car owner around an extra $100  per year. ... california spends 4.7 times as much per mile of state-controlled  highway ... for road maintenance by five times as much as the proposed tax hike.  ... california is saving nearly half a billion dollars by privatizing the ...
evidence_2: according to the national surface transportation potholes are the lowly  annoyance that in fact ... whole road rebuilding costs 14 times as much as  repairs.
evidence_3: dec 28, 2017 ... the estimated cost of the long island rail road project, known as “east side ...  or nearly $3.5 billion for each new mile of track — seven times the ... on core  subway maintenance because, as the new york times has ... at the heart of the  issue is the obscure way that construction costs are set in new york.
evidence_4: mar 17, 2015 ... amid high housing costs, many households make serious trade–offs to ... in 2013 , median monthly in california was $1,240, nearly 50 percent more than the  national ... are well–above the rest of nation, even california's other major inland  ... two–and–a–half times higher than average national home prices.
evidence_5: dec 18, 2018 ... did construction of the interstate system contribute to the national debt? why did  it cost so much more than expected? ... is it true that one out of every five miles is  straight so airplanes can land on the interstates? ... can i set up a business in  safety rest areas or welcome centers selling food or other products ...