Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 Fluke 1/4/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!fluke!dms From: dms@fluke.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Newsgroups: net.railroad Subject: Re: Dade Co. Metrorail Opens - (nf) Message-ID: <1227@vax3.fluke.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 18:08:21 EDT Article-I.D.: vax3.1227 Posted: Mon Jun 11 18:08:21 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jun-84 00:06:56 EDT References: <1474@inmet.UUCP> Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA Lines: 28 [hello] >> The Dade County ( Florida ) Metrorail system opened last week. >>The following information was gleaned from an article entitled "$1 Billion >>Rail System Opens in Dade County", from The New York Times, Sunday, May 27, >>1984, page 22: >> >> Dade County Metrorail System >> ---- ------ --------- ------ >> >> cost: $1,000,000,000 >> fare: $1.00 >> average ridership: 7,000 people/day >> times of operation: 6 a.m. - 7 p.m., Mon. - Fri. Hmm... $1,000,000,000 divided by 7000 $/day divided by 5 days/week divided by 52 weeks/year... assuming zero cost of maintainance and operation, it ought to be paid off in only 550 years. Are those numbers wrong ( I hope ) or is this yet another example of the foolishness of federal mass-transit subsidies? Yes, yes, I know, they had to raise the gas tax to fix up the roads. Ha! Where's Jim Hill when we need him? David ...{decvax!microsof,uw-beaver,allegra,lbl-csam,ssc-vax}!fluke!dms