Yeah, really - I believe Boston is the city in the US with the worst roads, according to a study I read last year (unless they've dramatically improved). But they do have a subway here...
Yeah, that's the ticket! A New Orleans subway. There's an idea whose time has come (and gone). I'm surprised the politicians haven't realized what kind of a personal cash cow an idea like that could be for each of them.
I was kidding... of COURSE a New Orleans subway is a dumb idea. Wouldn't necessarily stop them. OTOH the idea of a maglev train comes up every now and then, which is a bad idea for the same reason that roads are a bad idea here (the sinking ground).
It is more feasible though. From what I understand, it is possible architecturally in the same way skyscrapers are - by using support systems twice as deep and strong as those of skyscrapers built on non-swampland.
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