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I think both our units are off. If the units represent 20-30 cents per car per mile traveled, then my question is, what manner of gold and silver is used in co

• natrius 17y ago
  Let's work with an actual example, the expansion of Interstate 10 in Katy, TX. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5450155.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5450155.htm... Estimated cost: $2.8 billion Traffic: 207,000 per day (http://www.katyfreeway.org/background.html http://www.katyfreeway.org/background.html) Length: 22 miles Cost per mile per daily trip: $614.84 If we're paying it off over 20 years, that's 8.4 cents per mile driven. This doesn't include any necessary maintenance over those 20 years. I doubt the 20-30 cents figure is wrong. The person who was quoted was an elected official who dealt with a lot of transportation issues.
  • Retric 17y ago
    That's also close to a best case example, the average road in the US is far less traveled.