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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

lapfog_1

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1. lets do some math

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu May 18, 2023, 03:23 PM

May 2023

lets say 250 people ride the train from LA to SF every day... and there are 10 trains a day... and it operates 365 days a year... and each ticket costs $500...

how long to generate revenue of $88 Billion.

250 x 10 x 365 x 500 = 465,250,000 per year

88 billion / 465,250,000 = 189 years of operation... not including ongoing costs of people, energy, maintenance.

Probably should cancel this project.

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