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NYC Mayor Mamdani proposes $25 million to build a network of 500 bike lockers (nyc.streetsblog.org)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Welding isn’t fast, each of those could easily take 40 hours of labor, and that’s on the low side for just an ugly box.

At $100 an hour, that’s 4k alone in just labor.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    and 36k in materials?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago*

    Design, Engineering, permits, installation, security,painting, maybe monitoring, it all adds up quite quickly. Costs can also cover maintenance and repairs for 5 years, warranty, it’s probably inflated a bit, but it’s not like these could be done properly and nicely for under 10k a piece.

    But it’s more likely people are severely underestimating costs, it’s quite easy when your minimum wage is what, $9?

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