Maryland must exercise caution on new transportation plans

Bent Flyvbjerg(Research cited)

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Media Coverage

Title

Maryland must exercise caution on new transportation plans

Media type

Web

Media name

The Washington Post

Date

2023-10-06

Link

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/06/maryland-caution-new-transportation-plans/

Producer

Philip Shucet

Persons

Bent Flyvbjerg(Research cited)

Description

Big transportation projects are shiny objects. Until they rust. The June 25 Metro article “Oxford professor offers advice for finishing projects on time and on budget” reported on a study that looked at more than 16,000 megaprojects and found that just 8.5 percent finished on time and on budget. That’s a rotten track record...