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Episode 52: How Big Things Get Done with Professor Bent Flyvbjerg

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Building a Metro in 10 Years or Less

The Madrid Metro is one of the most successful and biggest Metro expansions in the world ever. It was delivered at a very low budget, about half what Metro usually costs per mile and on time really fast. The philosophy of the leadership in Madrid was that we need to do it fast. So they got more teams than anybody had ever tried before at that time. They'd meet in the toughest bars at night. And they would sort of change notes like how many meters that you do today. Then they would compare notes and and and nobody wanted to be lost. You know, this kind of competition can be a good thing. It's not often used.

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