@RM_Transit If you are in one of those small cities you need places like New York to prove metros can be built for cheap. When metros cost $billion+ per mile you don't have a hope, New York can barely afford to build them in the places where they will get the most ridership. However if we can do them $10million/mile - that is about what a road costs and affordable for your small city. (that price is maybe possible for elevate rail, not underground - but your small city should be looking at elevated anyway)