JeffDowntown
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Re: Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail
The projections are not ours, they are from the project planning documents.
As quoted in Commonwealth magazine:
"Phase 1 as proposed provides this poor level of service at an unreasonably high cost that ranges from $900 million to $1.1 billion, according to recently published reports on the preferred phased approach. That approximately $1 billion cost figure is for a total net new projected ridership of 1,600 people. Total projected daily ridership at South Coast Rail stations is 4,400 total riders. This translates to a cost-per-rider of $200,000."
https://commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/time-to-reconsider-s-coast-rail-phased-plan/
There is no way to slice those numbers and make them seem pretty.
Which ones? The transportation bond bill is borrowing $18Bn for transit, etc and SCR is $935M. Money is finite, but the actual details show a commitment to a lot more than just this one project.
This is not a fact. This is an opinion. You may or may not be correct but you and I have no idea about the project's future ridership or the feelings of the FR and NB citizenry 5-15 years from now. A lot of people on this thread are acting like challenging their doomsday predictions is akin to arguing that rain isn't wet. I'd ask that you all take some time to figure out if your predictions are doom are in fact etched in stone or just your own personal speculation.
The projections are not ours, they are from the project planning documents.
As quoted in Commonwealth magazine:
"Phase 1 as proposed provides this poor level of service at an unreasonably high cost that ranges from $900 million to $1.1 billion, according to recently published reports on the preferred phased approach. That approximately $1 billion cost figure is for a total net new projected ridership of 1,600 people. Total projected daily ridership at South Coast Rail stations is 4,400 total riders. This translates to a cost-per-rider of $200,000."
https://commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/time-to-reconsider-s-coast-rail-phased-plan/
There is no way to slice those numbers and make them seem pretty.