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Posted by WillD on Sun Nov 21 02:29:48 2010, in response to Re: American Railcar gone, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 21 01:26:11 2010. So your definition of 'thinking for yourself' is to simply copy the extremely outmoded methods which didn't work sixty years ago and do not stand a chance of working today? Very illuminating.The Westside Express is the clearest implementation of exactly what you're calling for, yet one would be hard pressed to define it as anything other than a miserable failure. It ran one quarter the cost of the Riverline yet manages barely one eighth the ridership. And because it is little more than a park and ride shuttle to Beaverton none of the development which has helped to offset NJT's capital cost. And that 'quarter' is as compared to the full acquisition cost, including the operating contract. TriMet was not so lucky to get someone else to operate their DMU, so they're out 200 million AND they get to pay the outrageous operational cost to keep it running. NJT's light rails on average cost $5.32 per unlinked trip, but the Westside Express is a mind-boggling $25.60 for what is likely to be no more lengthy a trip. |
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