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[-] derf82@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Try more like $500,000 for a bus.

And light rail is $20m per mile or more (way more in an established downtown).

And I am, in fact, a civil engineer.

[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Thank you for your more informed numbers! I had no idea that a basic city bus was half a million dollars; that seems outrageous, but it also seems outrageous that an F-150 can easily cost $80k.

It's a pity that it's so damn expensive to run light rail in established cities; it seems to make a lot more sense in the long run, but those numbers are really hard to swallow in the short run.

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