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Review of Benefit-Cost Analysis of Northstar Commuter Rail 11 <br /> <br />As much as two thirds of this supposed return will go to just 4,800 people, but <br />everyone will pay the cost. While the Northstar commuter rail is not a good <br />investment for thOse 4,800 people, it is a terrible investment for everyone else. <br /> <br />1. American Automobile Association, "Your Driving Costs 2003," <br /> http://www.aaamissouri.com/news/library/drivingcost/driving.html. <br />2. Bent Flyvbjerg, Mette Skamris Holm, and Soren Buhl, "Underestimating Costs in Public <br /> Works Projects: Error or Lie?" Journal of the American Planning Association 68(3):279-295, table <br /> 2. <br />3. Neil Schnickner, "Audit of the Champlain Flyer Commuter Rail Service," Vermont Joint <br /> Fiscal Office, attachment D, table 10. <br />4. Joseph Dimento, Drusilla Van Hengel, and Sherry Ryan, "The Century Freeway: Design by <br /> Court Decree," Access, 9 (Fall, 1996): 7. <br />5. US DOT, Highway Statistics 2001 (Washington, DC: US DOT, 2002), table HM-72. Passenger <br /> miles calculated by multiplying vehicle miles by 1.6. <br />6. Texas Transportation Institute, "Mobility Data for Minneapolis-St. Paul," <br /> http://mobility.tamu.edu/urns/study/mobility_data/tables/minneapolis.pdf. <br />7. Federal Transit Administration, Reporting Instructions for the Section 5309 New Starts Criteria <br /> (Washington, DC: FTA, 2001), section 3.4.2, footnote 6, <br /> http://www.fla.dot.gov/library/policy/ns/2001/34.html. <br /> <br /> <br />