Comments on: RailRunner Costs Are Eating New Mexico Alive http://www.errorsofenchantment.com/2010/02/22/railrunner-costs-are-eating-new-mexico-alive/ Why is New Mexico not realizing its potential? Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:52:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Ed Tennyson http://www.errorsofenchantment.com/2010/02/22/railrunner-costs-are-eating-new-mexico-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-2225 Ed Tennyson Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:38:34 +0000 http://www.errorsofenchantment.com/?p=1958#comment-2225 Rail Runner saves New Mexico more than it costs. It is not "eating New Mexico alive" Rail Runner is hauling maybe 4,000 people each weekday on trains that use only 2.5 gallons of oil per mile.With 180 people average per train, they would use 0.04 gallons each if they drove, which they probably did before the train was up and running. 180 times 0.04 = 6.26 gallons so the train is saving 3.75 gallons for each mile it runs. With maybe 750 miles a day, that is a saving of 2,800 gallons, 815,600 gallons a year worth $ 2 million per year. Rail Runner is a much better buy than an Albuquerque bus which save little oil and has a much greater subsidy per mile. ET Rail Runner saves New Mexico more than it costs. It is not “eating New Mexico alive”
Rail Runner is hauling maybe 4,000 people each weekday on trains that use only 2.5 gallons of oil per mile.With 180 people average per train, they would use 0.04 gallons each if they drove, which they probably did before the train was up and running. 180 times 0.04 = 6.26 gallons so the train is saving 3.75 gallons for each mile it runs. With maybe 750 miles a day, that is a saving of 2,800 gallons, 815,600 gallons a year worth $ 2 million per year.
Rail Runner is a much better buy than an Albuquerque bus which save little oil and has a much greater subsidy per mile. ET

]]> By: White Oak http://www.errorsofenchantment.com/2010/02/22/railrunner-costs-are-eating-new-mexico-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-2224 White Oak Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:31:29 +0000 http://www.errorsofenchantment.com/?p=1958#comment-2224 Supposed to cost: $122M Actual cost: $475M Costs to operate: $21M/yr Revenues ~$2M/yr Difference made up by additional 1/8 percent gross receipts tax Disgusting. The public should know what we were sold, what it cost to build, and what it is costing. And what else that money could have bought. Supposed to cost: $122M
Actual cost: $475M

Costs to operate: $21M/yr
Revenues ~$2M/yr
Difference made up by additional 1/8 percent gross receipts tax

Disgusting. The public should know what we were sold, what it cost to build, and what it is costing. And what else that money could have bought.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.errorsofenchantment.com/2010/02/22/railrunner-costs-are-eating-new-mexico-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-2220 Andrew Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:02:54 +0000 http://www.errorsofenchantment.com/?p=1958#comment-2220 I-25 along with all roads are financial black holes, though you teabaggers love "free"ways. I-25 along with all roads are financial black holes, though you teabaggers love “free”ways.

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