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Posted by WillD on Wed Feb 1 04:46:52 2012, in response to Re: Budd RDC in Portland commuter service, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Feb 1 03:48:09 2012. Now just what are you talking about . . . ?Aww, say it ain't so, eh? You can't be so totally, irredeemably wrong as to advocate for a solution which is FAR more expensive than any of the alternatives could you? 'Fraid you are. Right there in black and white, a per passenger cost EIGHT times more expensive than the LRT. I take that back. I'm not afraid, you're simply a fool. It's awesome that someone was finally foolish enough to build what put your modal choice into action. I just feel bad for commuters and taxpayers in the Portland area. They're the ones who have to pay for this abortion you'd have NJ unleash on its unsuspecting passengers. They're subsidizing every rider to the tune of 18 dollars, for a fare recovery rate of less than 12%! I don't think it should have cost as high as $11 million per mile myself, but that's way, way cheaper than any LRT. At the rate the Westside Express is burning through money the marginal difference in capital costs between their LRT lines and that abortion of a 'commuter rail' is rapidly shrinking, with little benefit on the WES side to offset its mounting costs. By my count, by operating the DMU for 20 years they'll nearly have spent the difference between the DMU and the LRT alternatives. Of course the LRT would actually attract passengers, so that throws the operational cost side off by being useful. The lesson of the WES's failure could not be more clear. The DMUs were a failure, the company that made the DMUs was a failure, the line is a failure, the entire concept is now revealed to be such a complete and utter failure that you should feel ashamed for having the gall to advocate NJT follow Portland's path to economic ruin for this long. |
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