The Pittsburgh line, at $60.90 per mile is a rebuild of an existing line (this should
cause the project to be less costly than if built new).
The Seattle system would use an existing bus tunnel, built in the 1980s under
downtown, which was to have been designed for conversion to light rail (this
causes project costs to be lower than otherwise).
|
NATIONAL SURVEY OF LIGHT RAIL LINES IN PLANNING: 1999 & 2000 |
| Line |
Capital Cost
(Millions) |
Miles |
Cost per Mile
(Millions) |
Notes |
| Dallas |
$517 |
12.5 |
$41.38 |
2000 data not yet
available |
| San Diego-Mission Valley |
$431 |
5.9 |
$73.05 |
Cost per mile up 19
percent from 1999. |
| Denver |
$883 |
19.0 |
$46.45 |
Cost per mile up 54
percent from 1999. |
| Kansas City |
$248 |
5.6 |
$44.23 |
2000 data not yet
available |
| Minneapolis |
$549 |
11.5 |
$47.70 |
Cost per mile up 30
percent from 1999 |
| New Jersey: Hudson-Bergen II |
$1,113 |
6.1 |
$182.43 |
No data for 1999. |
| Norfolk |
$525 |
18.3 |
$28.67 |
2000 data not yet
available |
| Orange County |
$1,920 |
28.0 |
$68.57 |
2000 data not yet
available |
| Orlando |
$600 |
14.6 |
$41.10 |
2000 data not yet
available |
| Phoenix |
$390 |
13.0 |
$30.00 |
2000 data not yet
available |
| Pittsburgh |
$384 |
6.3 |
$60.90 |
No data for 1999 -
reconstruction of existing
line. |
| Portland-Interstate |
$350 |
5.6 |
$62.50 |
No data for 1999. |
| Portland-North South |
$1,186 |
12.0 |
$98.83 |
2000 data not yet
available |
| Salt Lake City |
$106 |
2.5 |
$42.30 |
Different route from
1999. |
| San Diego-Mid Coast |
$105 |
3.4 |
$30.76 |
2000 data not yet
available |
| San Francisco |
$446 |
5.6 |
$79.59 |
2000 data not yet
available |
| Seattle |
$1,500 |
7.2 |
$208.33 |
Shorter route, cost per
mile up 71 percent from
1999. Would use
existing bus tunnel built
for more than $300
million in 1980s. |
| Average |
$69.81 |
Average up 24 percent
from 1999. |
| Source: FY 2000 and 2001 FTA New Starts report (published in 1999 and 2000) |
