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Originally Posted by Mull
I guess the Green Line is the "win/win" idea but would be interested in a candidate with a laundry list of ideas.
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The Green Line Stage 1 costs $5B in capital spending for daily ridership of 55K-65K and will take $50+M in new operating spending to operate it and to run new feeder buses. That's roughly 1/3rd of the net operating costs of roads, which carry more than 3M passenger-trips per day, plus buses, freight and goods.
The Green Line has become more of a lose/lose as its construction costs have skyrocketed forcing it to be shortened to the point where it doesn't really achieves its original goals.