Lowest Cost Bus Lines in Portland, per Trimet

Bus Line

Trimet Supplied Cost

Line 33-McLoughlin   $0.34 per passenger mile
Line 61-Marquam Hill/Beaverton TC $0.39 per passenger mile
Line 57-TV Hwy $0.40 per passenger mile
Here is the Trimet Email (Email addreses modified to protect from spammers)

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From: "Jarigese, Nancy" [JarigesN at trimet.org]
Subject: RE: Cost per Boarding Ride
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:47:49 -0800
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Dear Mr. Karlock,

Here are the three lowest cost bus routes on a per passenger-mile basis (data is from fall quarter of 2006):

Line 33-McLoughlin  -  $0.34 per passenger mile
Line 61-Marquam Hill/Beaverton TC - $0.39 per passenger mile
Line 57-TV Hwy - $0.40 per passenger mile

Nancy