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Article #376Re: $5/bus or train ride is real cost?
From: Rock Miller
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 00:00
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Sam Boskey <sam_boskey@infobahnos.com> wrote: >I don't know what it costs in NYC, but here in Montreal, te passengers' part of the total >cost is about 40% these days. It was 33% several years ago but fares have gone up. >The rest comes from local municipalities served by the transit system and from the >provincial government. > The fare operating ratio in New York has been about 60 percent recently. With the fare increase, it is expected to increase to almost 70 percent. This includes the debt service on some of the capital subsidies, as well as direct year-to-year operating costs. ----------------------------------------------------- Rock Miller (71054.527@compuserve.com) Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York On My Own Dime. All Opinions are Strictly Personal -----------------------------------------------------
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112ce4,2efa795dac41993 X-Google-Attributes: gid112ce4,public X-Google-Thread: 105dfd,2efa795dac41993 X-Google-Attributes: gid105dfd,public X-Google-Thread: f7ba9,2efa795dac41993 X-Google-Attributes: gidf7ba9,public X-Google-Thread: feb97,2efa795dac41993 X-Google-Attributes: gidfeb97,public From: 71054.527@compuserve.com (Rock Miller) Subject: Re: $5/bus or train ride is real cost? Date: 1995/11/15 Message-ID: <48bi7k$noa@dub-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> X-Deja-AN: 119371762 distribution: world references: <DHsL2C.4D3@dorsai.org> <488ice$hcf@news.infobahnos.com> organization: CompuServe Incorporated newsgroups: nyc.transit,alt.society.conservatism,nyc.politics,dc.politics