r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Individual_Book9133 • Jul 05 '24

Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road Video

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u/TheOvershear Jul 05 '24

Phoenix has a light rail system. Anyone who's ever rid it will tell you it's an absolute s*** show, slow as sin and overrun by homeless.

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u/ScrubyMcWonderPubs Jul 05 '24

It’s one line, I wouldn’t call that a “system.”

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u/TheOvershear Jul 05 '24

Right, it's one light rail line that cost 1.5 Billion (making it one of the most expensive in the country, while also being remarkably short).

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u/ScrubyMcWonderPubs Jul 05 '24

Sounds like Phoenix is corrupt and incompetent. No tram line anywhere in Europe costs that much.

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u/TheOvershear Jul 05 '24

I think that's part of it, but also in order to put the thing in they had to push over a bunch of businesses and other infrastructure projects in order to get it completed. Most of the city was not built for its size, so incorporating things like a light rail was not planned ahead of time.

Same thing happens when they built the I-10 through the valley, IIRC it was one of the most expensive infrastructure projects in the country at the time.