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Re: Snohomish to Bellevue commuter train
Author: pactrail
Date: 05-30-2008 - 00:21
Jacques Strop Wrote:
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> > 5,000 round trips, (per day)
>
> Ok, let's see.. 5 days per week, 50 weeks per year
> (Holidays off)
>
> That's 1,250,000 trips per year. To make it easy,
> let's say $20 per round trip... That's 25 million
> per year, which means it would take 8 years to pay
> back the debt, assuming you had absolutely no
> expenses at all, not one penny and 100% full
> ridership.
>
> No expenses at all, and who in the hell would pay
> $20 per round trip? Uh, tell me again how this is
> going to work?
Simple, start it up using other peoples money, which they will never get back. Go broke. Get the
County to subsidize you. Nothing to it. Typical Tom Payne operation.
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> > 5,000 round trips, (per day)
>
> Ok, let's see.. 5 days per week, 50 weeks per year
> (Holidays off)
>
> That's 1,250,000 trips per year. To make it easy,
> let's say $20 per round trip... That's 25 million
> per year, which means it would take 8 years to pay
> back the debt, assuming you had absolutely no
> expenses at all, not one penny and 100% full
> ridership.
>
> No expenses at all, and who in the hell would pay
> $20 per round trip? Uh, tell me again how this is
> going to work?
Simple, start it up using other peoples money, which they will never get back. Go broke. Get the
County to subsidize you. Nothing to it. Typical Tom Payne operation.
