Intentional is already meaningless. Funnily enough, unintended, as in consequences, seems robust still. Also, data driven is meaningless, because apparently no one in history prior believed in the concept of evidence. I have several more, on the record. Maybe this will spur a blooper reel.

Double trouble!

Thanks, Derek!

I suspect we have such different frames of reference and possibly training that we are talking past each other. My argument is about whether CBAs are an effective way of driving what are primarily political decisions. Seems to me they are not, but we persist and there are extra costs to be paid.

Does a society support big projects because the costs are low or are their costs low because they have made political choices that drive costs down? The biggest cost escalation for PL likely came from homeowner lawsuits. If the lawsuits were disallowed (by law, politics) the costs would be lower.

Also, it is not only transit projects. I think it is true for large social impact projects including housing, power generation/transmission, others

I would posit that a version of this debate exists and continues in most countries I know about. There may be others where the debate is resolved or looks resolved to us, but certainly testable. Any particular country you want to test it out on?