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Cost Effectiveness <br /> <br />Commuter rail vs. highway <br /> Ca~)ital Co~t and Peak Capacity <br /> Peak Hour Capacity Capital Cost <br /> <br />1,800 seats/hour <br />1,210 psgr./hour <br /> <br />Rail <br /> <br />3 trains x 600 seats <br />Expressway <br /> <br />1,100 x 1.1 passenger/car <br /> <br />Limit-access/super highway lane <br />2,300 x l. 1 passenger/car 2,530 psgr./hour <br /> <br />$ 302 million <br />$832 million <br /> <br />Far more <br /> <br />Commuter rail carries as many people as 1-1/2 lanes of <br />expressway at lower cost. <br /> <br />Anton, Lubov & Associates, Inc <br /> <br />Cost Effectiveness <br /> <br /> Total cost for 15 years <br /> (PV in 2007 $) <br /> <br />Capital cost <br /> <br />Operating cost <br /> <br /> Commuter rail <br /> <br /> $302 million <br /> <br />$200 million <br />($15.2 million/w) <br /> <br /> $502 million <br /> <br />Add one lane of <br />highway <br /> <br /> $1,000 million <br /> <br /> $22 million <br />($1.7 million/w) <br /> <br /> $1,022 million <br /> <br />Anton, Lubov & Associates, Inc <br /> <br /> <br />