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 . . .
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?
ReplyDeleteWow! Did they not check for demand before going ahead!
ReplyDeleteI wonder why they didn't consider high speed rail.
ReplyDeleteSounds 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.
ReplyDeleteAnd no one saw this coming .
ReplyDeleteThey're making similar discoveries on a project in Seattle. And they wonder why people dislike government.
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