Connecticut built a $567 million bus rapid transit system between Hartford and New Britain,
over abandoned rail rights of way, a distance of 9.4 miles. Sleek new buses travel the route.
The annual cost is $17 million, 75 percent more than the original estimated operating cost. The buses are nearly always empty or carry one or two passengers.
There are reasons Connecticut is almost broke . . .
7 comments:
Yikes! Everyone makes mistakes... even me. The difference is that my mistakes are not as costly.
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Will it be a lesson learned?
Wow! Did they not check for demand before going ahead!
I wonder why they didn't consider high speed rail.
Sounds rather like our Busway in Cambridge which cost way over budget. It is well-used however, though doesn't appear to have had the slightest effect on lowering traffic volumes on the areas roads.
And no one saw this coming .
They're making similar discoveries on a project in Seattle. And they wonder why people dislike government.
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