Hamburg is burying the Autobahn and putting parks on top

http://derstandard.at/1310511908137/Undicht-seit-Eroeffnung-... (German)

There is a growing class of young affluent tech workers in SF. We'll have to see how they organize and use their gathering political power over the next decades.

US infrastructure costs are far too expensive, the Big Dig was a catastrophe of a project, but it's not really fair to compare this project to Boston's.

The real cost will almost certainly be at least 10 times higher.

At least things actually get built though. It's very depressing to see the length of infrastructure projects (decades even in Europe), but maybe it's always been like this...

Same goes for the new music hall in Hamburg. Projected cost around 70mio, actual cost around 700mio.

And on the topic of the Deckel, they only have to build the roof since the highway already runs in a trench.

> Originally planned to open in 2010, Berlin Brandenburg Airport has encountered a series of delays due to poor construction planning, management, execution and corruption.[2][3][4] As of January 2014, planners had not set a new opening date, but say it will not be before 2015.[5] Since the unfinished construction and corrective work is estimated to take 18 months, an opening prior to late 2016 is unlikely.[6] Remarks made in August 2014, by airport CEO Hartmut Mehdorn point toward 2017 or 2018.[7] Mehdorn announced no opening date as expected 14 October 2014, so a special commission established by the Brandenburg Parliament will retain oversight of the project.[8][9][10]Current estimates suggest that the airport will open in 2018 or 2019, at the latest.[11][12][13][14][15]