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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Subject: Re: Cost of public vs. private transportation
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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 08:55:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul21.093756.5392@s1.gov>, lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich) writes:
- > BART car cost? Most of the current fleet is the original fleet
- >of about 500 Rohr cars, delivered when BART was first started up 20
- >years ago. There are 150 cars acquired in the mid 1980's, also. This
- >gives an average age of 16 years. Furthermore, most of the BART cars
- >appear to be in good running order, and can expect to have at least
- >10-20 years ahead, almost certainly with some rebuilding on the way.
- >Each one cost about $1.5-$2 million, which amounts to $7000 to $10,000
- >per rider over 16 years, about $8 to $12/week. This is about the same
- >as a low-end private car.
-
- Er, just where did the government get the interest-free financing to buy these
- cars? It seems you've neglected to add interest payments on the financing.
-
- Please remember jmc's sig:
- >>He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
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