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I have always wondered what the 'actual' expenses were on the per-mile cost of rail transit. I had the curious experience of trying to get the information out o

I have always wondered what the 'actual' expenses were on the per-mile cost of rail transit. I had the curious experience of trying to get the information out of the VTA for their light rail project and they suggested I get a court order. I was very confused by that, its tax money they are spending and California has open government laws.

rayiner 7y ago
See page 7: https://iurd.berkeley.edu/wp/2010-04.pdf https://iurd.berkeley.edu/wp/2010-04.pdf Per mile subsidy for the NYC Subway is $0.35 per passenger mile. Backing out the revenues, the total cost is about $0.55
- ChuckMcM 7y ago
  That is an excellent report, the numbers I would like to see is from ground breaking to ribbon cutting, what are the actual expenditures and to whom. Something like: vendor a ($1M) - geotechnical services consisting of ... vendor b ($10M) - excavation consisting of ... vendor c ...
  - pinot 7y ago
    There's got to be a hard cost breakdown somewhere.
    - ChuckMcM 7y ago
      Yup, there is. The issue is that the VTA won't release it.
azernik 7y ago
Was this by way of FOIA request, or another process? (I ask because I'm looking for a pet project to test drive the FOIA process on.)
- ChuckMcM 7y ago
  I did not use FOIA. I just showed up at there offices and worked my way up to the most senior person who would talk to me.