~$3.00 cost per ride
~$1,00 subsidy

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les Wrote:
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> Urban construction is always more expensive than
> rural. Just look at the Fresno trench. What was
> that, 1 billion for 1 mi. Rural land is always
> cheaper, no comparison. There is nothing much
> east of Denver on route to DIA.
>
> $1.2 billion: Construction cost (Denver Post) 23
> miles.
> $52 million: Cost per mile ($32 million cost per
> km) (Streetsblog)
> Cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap.
>
>
> Portland Max $2.50 for ride from Hillsboro to PDX.
> Max was subsidized at $3.00/ride in 2015, I
> assume cheaper now.
>
>
> BOB2 Wrote:
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> > Does anyone have the farebox ratio and average
> > cost per passenger mile for the Portland line?
> > Then, we could clearly compare and contrast,
> the
> > costs and benefits of these two systems, using
> > math.....?
> >
> > It would be interesting to do the math on the
> > subsidy per passenger and more important per
> > passenger mile, from downtown Portland to the
> > Airport, and compare the total cost with
> subsidy
> > (and other differentials like travel time) to
> the
> > passenger volumes generated, by Denver?
> >
> > But, where did "build in bay area" come up this
> > line of nonsense about building to DIA being so
> > much cheaper across the prairie? Do the
> farmers
> > who own that "prairie", now located between
> DIA,
> > and one of the fastest growing urban centers in
> > America, really want to sell them ROW for so
> much
> > less? Is the cost of track construction per
> mile
> > really somehow cheaper on the "prairie" of the
> > Denver metro region...?