False Claim: Mass transit saves money |
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Cost of Trimet Transit vs Cars & Taxis |
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Mode |
COST/Pass.-Mi. |
Source of Number and calculation outline - Click for details |
| Bus | $0.835 |
Calc. from Trimet data: Bus system cost / bus passenger-miles |
| Rail | $0.434 |
Calc. from Trimet data: Rail system cost / rail passenger-miles |
| Combined | $0.67 |
Calc. from Trimet data: all system cost / all passenger-miles |
| Rail, with construction | $1.11 |
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| Lowest cost BUS line in Portland | $0.34 |
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Cost of Cars |
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| Car (actual cost using national data) | $0.294 (veh.-mi.) |
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| Car (actual cost using national data) | $0.185 |
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| Car (using national data - adjusted for Portland) | $0.227 |
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| Car (AAA estimate) | $0.522 (veh.-mi.) |
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| Car (AAA derived) | $0.328 |
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Cost of Portland Streetcar |
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| Portland streetcar | $1.25 (per ride) |
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| Portland streetcar | $1.67 |
above $1.25 / 3/4 mile average trip length per Charlie Hales |
Cost of Taxi Fare in portland |
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| Taxi fare - per mile portion only | $2.10 |
Cost quote from local cab co. Additional cost is $2.50 to board |
| Taxi fare with 1.6 people - per mile portion only | $1.31 |
Cost quote from local cab co. Additional cost is $1per extra pass. |
Notes:
The Trimet costs and Car (BEA) costs are based of REAL costs and REAL miles,
unlike AAA which is theoretical.
Light rail has massive construction costs which are ignored in the above
(and ignored by Trimet's busmaxstat.pdf
) except as noted
The cost of roads is mostly included in the cost of driving due to taxes
and fees being included.
Line 69 is the sum of lines 70-77 and includes most (all?) driving related
expenses.
National average passengers per vehicle is 1.59, calculated by dividing national
passenger-miles by national vehicle-miles
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