SNAIL BEATS SUBWAY

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) K line connector, the East River tunnel, will run between 21st Street and Queens Plaza in Long Island. The 520-foot subway will take 8 years to build. That is, it will be built at a rate of 65 feet a year. This pace of construction, it is claimed, is slower than that of the snail. The fastest snail is able to attain a speed of 8 inches a minute, i.e., 960 feet a day. The financing for the East River tunnel has now been put on hold.

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• Authors:
  • Samuel, P
• Publication Date: 1986-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 31
• Serial:
  • Reason
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Reason Foundation
  • ISSN: 0048-6906

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Construction scheduling; Subways; Tunneling
• Old TRIS Terms: Subway construction
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00452169
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 904
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:59PM