[Beijing] started expanding the system in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, and has kept pushing forward ever since. In 2001 it had 33 miles of track. Today it has 231.
Meanwhile, when you hear the completion dates for big U.S. transit projects you often have to calculate your age to figure out if you’ll still be alive.
— salon.com
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No, it shouldn't take decades to build a subway. No need to read the article.
This one better not -
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/21/BA11V61G4.DTL