https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/20/justice-department-antitrust-case-google-430281

While I know things are generally more expensive in Switzerland, $685,000 is crazy expensive for just 18 kW (48 panels).

Full statement from Carter Center:

https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2024/venezuela-073024.html

Not mentioned in the article is that these systems are still illegal in the US.

It is actually much worse than that. The problem they are having is that street-running LRT trains get stuck in traffic, causing bunching and other scheduling issues. The obvious solution is to get cars completely out of the way of the trains. But despite an official “transit first” policy, the SFMTA won’t do that. So instead they will spend >$100 million on a new signal system, which will map train locations in real-time simply to tell dispatchers what they already know – that the trains are stuck in traffic.