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An interesting article...
NJ gov: I'm sticking with decision to scrap tunnel - Yahoo! News
Now, this got me thinking... $9 billion goes a LONG way...
If this became the ONLY tunnel for the trains and all 185,000 people were to go through, then the cost is $48,649 per person to construct.... this does not include the operating costs...
NOW, lets spread that over a whopping 100 years... that is still $486 per year per person... and if you say that people on average go to work 240 day that works out to be about $1 per trip...
Now, if only HALF the people were to use the tunnel and the other half use the existing tunnels.... then the cost is $2 per trip... again, only the cost of construction... not interest, operating costs etc. etc.....
Was this ever a cost effective way to get people from here to there
Are the people in NJ willing to have their ticket prices increase by $80 per month to pay for this
Or is this just one of those 'its good for everybody so everybody should pay'... like the sports stadiums that we all seem to be paying for if we visit or not....
NJ gov: I'm sticking with decision to scrap tunnel - Yahoo! News
Now, this got me thinking... $9 billion goes a LONG way...
If this became the ONLY tunnel for the trains and all 185,000 people were to go through, then the cost is $48,649 per person to construct.... this does not include the operating costs...
NOW, lets spread that over a whopping 100 years... that is still $486 per year per person... and if you say that people on average go to work 240 day that works out to be about $1 per trip...
Now, if only HALF the people were to use the tunnel and the other half use the existing tunnels.... then the cost is $2 per trip... again, only the cost of construction... not interest, operating costs etc. etc.....
Was this ever a cost effective way to get people from here to there
Are the people in NJ willing to have their ticket prices increase by $80 per month to pay for this
Or is this just one of those 'its good for everybody so everybody should pay'... like the sports stadiums that we all seem to be paying for if we visit or not....