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Is that $3.9B figure in 2010 dollars, or actual cost at the time that it is spent? If it's the latter, than it amounts to $15 per Marylander, per year. I don't think that's a bad deal if it's sold that way. Or...It amounts to $12 per current MARC rider (conservatively let's say $5-6 if ridership increases as it should with this capacity upgrade.) We need to get better about "bumper sticker solutions." It's easier for everyday joe's and jane's to understand that $15/year gives me the equivalent of the metro in Laurel or the equivalent of one free lane of traffic on 270 or 95 than saying "$3.9B is about the same as we spent on the Wilson Bridge."

by Joe in SS on Sep 7, 2011 1:05 pm • link • report

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