The Cost of
Automobile Competitive
Mass Transit
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Population per Square Mile |
Annual Capital & Operating Cost per Capita |
Share of Annual Personal Income Required to Fund Automobile Competitive Mass Transit |
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1,500 |
$101,306 |
253.3% |
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2,500 |
$60,754 |
151.9% |
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3,500 |
$43,660 |
109.1% |
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5,000 |
$30,431 |
76.1% |
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10,000 |
$15,293 |
38.2% |
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25,000 |
$6,189 |
15.5% |
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50,000 |
$3,092 |
7.7% |
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100,000 |
$1,580 |
4.0% |
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150,000 |
$1,043 |
2.6% |
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200,000 |
$796 |
2.0% |
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250,000 |
$664 |
1.7% |
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300,000 |
$563 |
1.4% |
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400,000 |
$412 |
1.0% |
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1,000,000 |
$165 |
0.4% |
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Annual personal income per capita: $40,000. |
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Urban area with 10,000,000 population. |
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Based upon "The Illusion of Transit Choice" (www.publicpurpose.com/illusion.pdf) |
Costs in 2004 US$.
Note: Portland density is less than 3,500. |
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by identifying and implementing
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