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"Driver labor, and related time-based costs, are the dominant element – often 70% or more — of transit operating budgets in the developed world. The only excep
by ant6n 9y ago
"Driver labor, and related time-based costs, are the dominant element – often 70% or more — of transit operating budgets in the developed world. The only exception is a fully automated driverless service, such as Vancouver’s SkyTrain."
- Transit Expert Jarret Walker
http://humantransit.org/2011/07/02box.html http://humantransit.org/2011/07/02box.html
(I know making comments about downvotes is boring, but I always get downvoted a lot on HN on transit/urbanism issues, people here don't have much of a clue...)
- ant6n 9y ago...Like, you guys just want to create yourself an echo-chamber in which you can believe that EVs will magically solve all the negative externalities of driving.
- dagw 9y agoThat was a pretty useful breakdown, but I really wish he'd included some real world numbers.
- dogma1138 9y agoI would also like to see those numbers since the various 'Statement of Accounts' we have from large public transportation agencies like the TFL show a different picture, even with nearly 30,000 bus drivers their salaries and related costs don't make up anywhere near 70% of the TFL bus operating budget. If you run a very small public transport agency with only a handful of buses it might be the case.