Assuming a bus costs 100k@4% financing, that's about 2,200 a month. Salary for a driver could be another 100k (including benefits, taxes, etc). That's 8.3 k p

Assuming a bus costs 100k@4% financing, that's about 2,200 a month. Salary for a driver could be another 100k (including benefits, taxes, etc). That's 8.3 k per month. CNG buses get about 3mpg at about $2/gallon equivalent cost to diesel (http://www.catf.us/resources/publications/files/20120227-Diesel_vs_CNG_FINAL_MJBA.pdf http://www.catf.us/resources/publications/files/20120227-Die...) Assuming 150 miles driven per day, that's $3,000 per month in fuel costs. Total costs per bus: $13,500/month or $450 per day. At $5 per ride, that's 2,700 rides per month or 90 per day. Even if they could only fit 10 people, that's less than 10 rides per day. Seems reasonable to me.