From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 22:19:10 MST
Damien Broderick wrote:
>
>>I found that the cost per new rider for the
>>system expansion came to over $25,000 per year for the 40 year life of
>>the project. Projected increased ridership was 34,000, adjusted to
>>17,000, while project cost was originally around $7 billion, adjusted
>>up to over $13 billion.
>
> By the way, has anything like this cost blowout ever been known to happen to
> those immense freeway projects that cover the USA (mostly at tax payers'
> expense, I understand)? No, surely not. Damien Broderick
Yes. We Yanks mostly hate our buses and trains
but we looooove our freeways. We really do, we
get our kicks on them. We write songs and poetry
about them.
Seldom do I hear anyone complain about how much
money was wasted on a freeway or road. I even like
the term freeway. An open road is a way to get
free. Just get on it and ride like the wind. Such
a great feeling! Thats how I get my kicks. Freeways
are your friends. {8-] spike
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