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- Basic Cost Breakdown
- NYC
- Second Ave Costs
- $17 billion for 8.07 miles of track
- $2.1 billion/mile
- 40 percent of 2.1 billion is $840 million.
- JFK Airtrain
- $1.9 billion for about 8.1 miles of viaducts
- $234 million/mile in 2003
- Adjusted for inflation, is around $400 million/mile
- 40 percent of 400 million is $160 million.
- Second Ave Subway
- Phase 2 Cost: $6.8 billion
- 125th St Extension: $8.1 billion
- Revised Phase 2 and 125th St Extension Costs: $5.96 billion
- Revised Phase 3 Cost: 2 sets of 2.8 miles tunnels (57th, not 63rd, to Houston) for $4.7 billion
- Revised Phase 4 Cost: $1.4 billion
- Total: $12.06 billion
- Round Down to $12 billion because we are not building 125th St - Broadway because of topography issues.
- Utica Ave Subway
- 2.38 miles to Kings Hwy (subway): $2 billion
- 1.74 miles to Kings Plaza (el): $300 million
- Rogers Junction Fix: $300 million
- https://www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2021/04/the-future-of-the-2nd-ave-subway-a-bronx-tail-track/
- Total: $2.6 billion
- Triborough Express
- Conventional Rail (subway) IBX: $3.2 billion
- ~8 miles to Yankee Stadium: $6.72 billion
- Total: $9.92 billion
- Queenslink
- TEMS Study: https://thequeenslink.org/the-report/
- SE Queens Line
- 1.04 miles to 110th Ave (subway): $873.6 million
- 3 miles to 230th St (el): $480 million
- Total: $1.3536 billion
- Round to $1.36 billion
- LGA Extension
- 1.5 miles of el (Ditmars to Con Ed Lots, Terminal B to Terminal C): $240 million
- 2 miles of Tunnel (Con Ed Lots to Terminal B): $1.68 billion
- Total: $1.92 billion
- Round to $2 billion
- 7 Train Project
- https://www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2022/05/flushing-regional-rail-extending-the-7-train/
- Bay Terrace Extension (2.8 miles): $448 million
- Total: $4.748 billion
- Round to $4.75 billion
- Regional Rail Infill Stations
- https://www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2021/04/the-future-of-the-2nd-ave-subway-a-bronx-tail-track/
- $88 million/station
- 40 percent of $88 million is around $35 million
- Harlem Line
- 4 stations @ $35 million each is $140 million
- Port Washington Branch
- 2 stations @ $35 million each is $70 million
- Atlantic Branch
- MTA's Bergen St Lower Level Study: https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/2019-09/F%20express%20study%202019-07-26.pdf
- 40 percent of $75 million is $30 million
- Reopening Woodhaven Junction: $30 million
- Cedar Manor Infill Station: $35 million
- Total: $65 million
- 6 Train to Co-Op City
- 2 miles to Co-Op City North (el): $320 million
- D Train to Co-Op City
- 2.01 miles to Adee Ave/Gun Hill Rd (subway): $1.6884 billion
- 1 mile to Bay Plaza (el): $160 million
- Total: $1.8484 billion
- Round to $1.85 billion
- Fordham Rd Subway
- 5 miles to Stillwell Ave/Pelham Pkwy (subway): $4.2 billion
- 1.2 miles to Bay Plaza (el): $192 million
- Total: $4.392 billion
- Round to $4.4 billion
- Franklin Ave Shuttle Extension
- 1.16 miles from Sterling Pl to Bedford-Nostrand (subway): $974.4 million
- Round to $1 billion
- Bronx Super Express
- 3.47 miles from 57th St/2nd Ave to 125th St/3rd Ave (subway): $2.9148 billion
- Round to $2.92 billion
- Throgs Neck Line
- 4 miles from 125th St to Metcalf Ave/Lafayette Ave (subway): $3.36 billion
- 3.56 miles from Metcalf Ave/Lafayette Ave to Harding Ave (el): $569.6 million
- Total: $3.9396 billion
- Round to $3.93 billion
- Alphabet City to Brooklyn and Staten Island Link
- Alphabet City Portion is around 1 mile: $840 million
- Staten Island Line is around 8.2 miles: $6.846 billion
- Total: $7.686 billion
- Round up to $7.7 billion
- R Train to IND Fulton
- 1.4 miles to Court St: $1.176 billion
- Round up to $1.18 billion
- 57th St Tunnel
- 1.36 miles to 43rd Ave/24th St: $1.1424 billion
- Round up to $1.15 billion
- Northern Blvd Subway
- 6 miles to Sanford Ave/Main St: $5.04 billion
- Union Tpke Line
- 4.6 miles via the LIRR Main Line to Union Tpke: $736 million
- 7.68 miles to Northwell Hospital: $6.4512 billion
- Total: $7.1872 billion
- Round Up to $7.2 billion
- Hillside Ave Extension
- 2.1 miles from 184th St to Springfield Blvd (subway): $1.764 billion
- 2.1 miles to Floral Park (el): $336 million
- Total: $2.1 billion
- Nostrand Ave Extension
- 1.05 miles to Ave N: $882 million
- 2.6 miles to Manhattan Beach: $416 million
- Total: $1.298 billion
- Round to $1.3 billion
- Linden Plaza Station
- https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2024/New%20York%20NY%20Amsterdam%20News/New%20York%20NY%20Amsterdam%20News%201968/New%20York%20NY%20Amsterdam%20News%201968%2000468_2.pdf
- Cost of Harlem-148th St: $8.021 1968 dollars
- Adjusted for inflation: $72.4 million 2024 dollars
- https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/ez4dp0/subway_construction_cost_per_mile_over_the_years/
- In 1968, construction costs were around $500 million/mile, which was 40 percent cheaper than our scenario.
- Adjust for that, and we get $120 million.
- Gateway Mall Extension
- https://future.mta.info/documents/20-YearNeedsAssessment_FullAppendix.pdf
- Page 227
- 40 percent of $2.5 billion is $1 billion
- BMT Jamaica Rebuild
- Chicago's Reed Purple Modernization Program: https://www.transitchicago.com/rpm/
- 40 percent of $2.1 billion is $840 million
- L Train Upgrades
- https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/nyregion/05substation.html
- 3 substations would be $438 million
- 0.2 mile Tail Tracks would be around $162 million
- Total: $600 million
- Elevators
- https://slate.com/business/2019/09/mta-elevators-are-the-perfect-example-of-new-yorks-cost-problems.html
- $5.1 billion for 63 elevators is around $81 million per elevator
- 40 percent of 81 million is 32.4 million.
- There are 327 stations that are not ADA accessible, which means we need to spend $10.594 billion.
- Round to $11 billion.
- CBTC
- https://pcac.org/the-complicated-progression-of-cbtc/
- RPA's estimate: $20 billion in 2014 dollars
- 2024 dollars: $26 billion
- We also increased the system by around 45 percent, putting the new cost at around $38 billion
- 40 percent of $38 billion is $15.2 billion
- Trains
- R211 Cost: $2.5 million
- 5800 Train Cars: $14.5 billion
- New Yards
- https://future.mta.info/documents/20-YearNeedsAssessment_FullAppendix.pdf
- Page 219
- 40 percent of $390 million is $156 million
- DC
- https://ggwash.org/view/90394/the-blue-line-loop-is-flawed-heres-how-to-improve-it
- $2.5 billion for a subway
- 40 percent of 2.5 billion is 1 billion
- Silver Line Extension
- https://www.governing.com/community/a-3b-train-finally-arrives-in-suburban-washington
- $6.8 billion for around 22-23 miles of track
- That comes out to around $300 million/mile for elevated
- WMATA Capital Budget
- https://wmata.com/about/news/Metro-Board-approves-budget-that-maintains-service-thanks-to-additional-investments-from-DC-Maryland-and-Virginia.cfm
- $2.3 billion per year
- 5 years is around $11.5 billion
- Wilson Blvd Express
- 7.8 miles from West Falls Church to Rossyln: $7.8 billion
- M Street Subway
- 4.2 miles from Rosslyn to Union Station: $4.2 billion
- Oxon Hill Subway
- 7.66 miles to Oxon Hill: $7.66 billion
- Yellow Line Extension
- 4.51 miles to Silver Spring: $4.51 billion
- Yellow Line Takeover
- 0.1 miles: $100 million
- National Harbor Extension
- 4.4 miles (el): $528 million
- Round to $530 million
- Silver Line to National Harbor
- ~1 mile: $1 billion
- South Loop Subway
- 19 miles: $19 billion
- New Railcars
- $2 million/car: https://dcist.com/story/23/04/20/metros-8000-series-trains-will-have-new-seating-configurations-and-d-c-icons-new-renderings-show/#
- $2.75 million/car: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/transportation/check-out-the-new-features-of-the-next-generation-of-metro-rail-cars/3353216/
- Since they are new, let's put the cost at $2.5 million
- Boston
- Orange Line Shutdown
- https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/08/23/orange-line-shutdown-30-days-two-derailments-and-189m-for-construction/
- Madrid Line 7 Reconstruction
- https://www.metromadrid.es/en/metroworks?TSPD_101_R0=08c5d7641cab2000a636221646ed74f62bd87480b2855f033f5960c7f6dd93baab9e0b50c9c67afc083256430f143000c2bdc1dd5263351232145fe933ff69728b2958b623443bface0ceebe3e344b63b659c50e8f3818f726d4208c9c4f4bb8
- Cost of Subway
- https://www.mbta.com/projects/red-blue-connector
- https://thesuffolkjournal.com/41190/uncategorized/mbta-proposes-red-blue-connector-project-permanent-shutdown-of-bowdoin-station/
- $850 million for 0.42 miles is around $2.04 billion.
- 40 percent of 2.04 billion is 816 million.
- Cost of El
- https://www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2023/02/ibx-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/
- GLX: $530 million/mile
- 40 percent of 530 million is 212 million.
- Parallel Central Subway
- 3.82 miles: ~$3.12 billion
- A Branch
- 4.75 miles: ~$3.9 billion
- Washington St Subway
- 9.25 miles of Subway: $7.548 billion
- 2 miles of el: $424 million
- Total: $7.972 billion
- Round to $8 billion
- NE Branches
- 7.88 miles of subway: $6.43008
- 1 miles of el: $212 million
- Total: $6.64208 billion
- Round to $6.65 billion
- Red Line to Arlington
- 3.3 miles of subway: $2.692 billion
- Round to $2.7 billion
- Red Line Watertown Branch
- 3.59 miles of subway: $2.92944 billion
- Round to $3 billion
- Red Blue Connector
- https://thesuffolkjournal.com/41190/uncategorized/mbta-proposes-red-blue-connector-project-permanent-shutdown-of-bowdoin-station/
- E Branch Extension
- 3 miles of subway: $2.448 billion
- 2.25 miles of el: $477 million
- Total: $2.925 billion
- Round to $3 billion
- Orange Line Extensions
- Dedham Branch (subway): $3.48432 billion
- Hyde Park Branch (subway): $614.8 million
- Total: $4.09912 billion
- Round to $4.1 billion
- Urban Ring
- 19.81 miles of subway: $16.16496 billion
- Round to $16.2 billion
- Boston Railcars
- https://www.mbta.com/news/2022-09-02/mbta-board-directors-awards-contract-the-type-10-supercars-ensuring-standard-safety
- https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/mbta-to-pay-more-to-get-long-delayed-crrc-railcars/
- Philadelphia
- Cost
- https://west-chester.com/DocumentCenter/View/7577/2018-Feasibility-Report-Final
- $645 million for 9.3 miles of route: ~$69.35 million (round to $70 million)
- 40 percent of 70 million is 28 million
- West Chester Extension
- 9.3 miles: $260.4 million
- Round down to $260 million
- Wyomissing Branch
- 43.7 miles: $1.2236 billion
- Round to $1.24 billion
- Lansdale Extension
- 10.1 miles: $282.8 million
- Round to $290 million
- Allentown Extension
- 37.5 miles: $1.05 billion
- New Hope Extension
- 17.4 miles: $487.2 million
- Round to $490 million
- Newtown Extension
- 14.9 miles: $417.2 million
- Round to $420 million
- NJ Transit
- 4 mile Tunnel: $4.2 billion
- https://www.nycurbanism.com/east-side-access
- All Branch Reactivation: $6.41144 billion
- Round to $6.42 billion
- Roosevelt Blvd Subway 2003 Study
- https://web.archive.org/web/20040604184318/http://www.libertynet.org/netis/
- https://whyy.org/articles/opinion-roosevelt-boulevard-subway-penndot-study/
- $5.49 billion for 12 miles is around $457.5 million/mile
- MFL Extension
- 0.93 mile el: $148.8 million
- Round to $150 million
- MFL Branch
- 2.25 miles of subway: $1.029375 billion
- Round to $1.03 billion
- West Side Line
- 18.91 miles of subway: $8.651325 billion
- Round to $8.66 billion
- Circle Line
- 16.98 miles of subway: $7.76835 billion
- Round to $7.7 billion
- Railcars
- https://philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/mfl/
- https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/officials-unveil-mass-transit-funds-including-millions-for-new-railcars-on-septas-market-frankford-line/3782205/
- Baltimore Red Line
- https://governor.maryland.gov/news/press/pages/governor-moore-announces-light-rail-as-recommended-mode-for-baltimore’s-red-line.aspx
- Pittsburgh Spine Line
- http://samsonthesisresearch.blogspot.com/2011/08/spine-line-analysis.html
- Albany Central Ave LRT (similar project)
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Albany/comments/1cubow5/my_89_billion_plan_to_transform_albany/
- New Haven LRT
- 1.5 miles of elevated viaducts: $240 million
- Providence
- https://www.ripta.com/projects/highcapacitytransit/
- Pictures
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirTrain_JFK#/media/File:Air_Train_JFK_Van_Wyck_jeh.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro#/media/File:Farragut_West_DC_Metro_td_(2018-04-29)_052.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro#/media/File:Spring_Hill_Metro_platform_2.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro#/media/File:DCSubwayConstruction.jpg
- https://www.pexels.com/video/station-metro-washington-dc-virginia-17029167/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro#/media/File:Chinatown_Metro_Station,_Washington_DC.png
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro#/media/File:Dulles_Airport_Station_Platform_1115.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLean_station#/media/File:McLean_Metro_platform_1.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Line_(Washington_Metro)#/media/File:WMATA_Alstom_6000_series_on_the_Yellow_Line_arriving_in_King_St_Old_Town_Station.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Park–University_of_Maryland_station#/media/File:College_Park_Station_91121.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Street_(Washington,_D.C.)#/media/File:Retail_and_new_apartment_buildings_along_14th_St._NW,_U_Street_Corridor,_Washington,_D.C.,_February_2019.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Line_(Washington_Metro)#/media/File:Farragut_North_DC_Metro_td_(2018-04-27)_04.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro_rolling_stock#/media/File:WMATA_Kawaski_7000_Series_on_the_Yellow_Line.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro_rolling_stock#/media/File:WMATA_8000_mock-up_2024-03-24_6.jpg
- https://www.pexels.com/video/light-city-flight-landscape-18518407/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBTA_subway#/media/File:First_car_into_Tremont_Street_Subway,_pictured_at_Allston_carhouse.png
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBTA_subway#/media/File:Alewife_MBTA_Red_Line_Station,_April_2024.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Line_(MBTA)#/media/File:Fenced-off_faregates_at_Back_Bay_station,_September_2022.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority#/media/File:Platforms_at_Park_Street_Station,_1898.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Line_E_branch#/media/File:Outbound_train_at_Museum_of_Fine_Arts_station,_December_2019.JPG
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Line_(MBTA)#/media/File:Wollaston_station_construction_from_Beale_Street,_August_2018.JPG
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henares_(Madrid_Metro)#/media/File:Estacionhenares.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_del_Henares_(Madrid_Metro)#/media/File:Templete_de_estación_-_Hospital_del_Henares.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Line_(MBTA)#/media/File:P1200030_Boston_Red_Line.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig#/media/File:Greenway_Aerial_Shot.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig#/media/File:BigDigSupportsCentralArtery.agr.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority#/media/File:Downtown_Crossing_Southbound_MBTA_Red_Line_Platform,_April_2024.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medford/Tufts_station#/media/File:Medford_Tufts_MBTA_Station_Opening_Day.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Line_Extension#/media/File:Inbound_test_train_on_Red_Bridge_ramp,_January_2022.jpeg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremont_Street_subway#/media/File:Pleasant_Street_Incline_junction.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremont_Street_subway#/media/File:City_Hall_area_construction_(9502379483).jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Line_(MBTA)#/media/File:MBTA_Green_Line.svg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_station#/media/File:Dudley_Square_MBTA_station.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea,_Massachusetts#/media/File:Tobin_bridge_crop.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuteman_Bikeway#/media/File:Minuteman_Bikeway_in_Bedford,_August_2007.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Street_station_(MBTA)#/media/File:Park_Street_MBTA_Red_Line_Island_Platform,_April_2024.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Line_Extension#/media/File:Aerial_view_of_Lechmere_station_construction,_May_2020.png
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(MBTA)#/media/File:Train_at_Orient_Heights,_November_2013.JPG
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority_yards#/media/File:GLX_VMF_from_Red_Bridge,_March_2022.JPG
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority_yards#/media/File:Red_Line_trains_in_Caddigan_Yard,_August_2018.JPG
- https://www.pexels.com/video/drone-view-of-a-city-boston-massachusetts-usa-12595931/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media/Wawa_Line#/media/File:SEPTA_49th_Street_regional_rail_station_02.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPTA_Regional_Rail#/media/File:SEPTA_GE_Silverliner_IV_308.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPTA_Regional_Rail#/media/File:Silverliner_V_SEPTA-811-philadelphia-22-6-2012-fws.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Washington_Branch#/media/File:Plandome_Station,_Plandome,_NY_November_23,_2023_M.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media/Wawa_Line#/media/File:Elwyn_Station.JPG
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City_Line#/media/File:NJ_Transit_EMD_GP40PH-2B_4219.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Street_Line#/media/File:SEPTA_Broad_Street_Subway_car_at_Race-Vine.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Street_Line#/media/File:SEPTA_B-IV_689_at_City_Hall_station.jpeg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Boulevard_Subway#/media/File:2022-10-27_12_58_39_View_south_along_U.S._Route_1_(Roosevelt_Boulevard)_from_the_pedestrian_overpass_at_Sanger_Street_in_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norristown_Branch#/media/File:SEPTA_Silverliner_V_704_at_Norristown_Transportation_Center.jpeg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manayunk/Norristown_Line#/media/File:Miquon_Train_Station_Montco_Planning_Com.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market–Frankford_Line#/media/File:SEPTA63rdStreetStationPlatform2007.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market–Frankford_Line#/media/File:SEPTA_M-4_1179_at_11th_Street_station.jpeg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern_Rock_Transportation_Center#/media/File:Fern_Rock_Rail_Station.JPG
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_station_(Broad_Street_Line)#/media/File:AlleghenyStation-BSL_2018a_(local).jpg
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Chase_station#/media/File%3AFox_Chase_SEPTA_station.jpg
- https://www.pexels.com/video/beach-aerial-footage-taken-by-a-drone-854218/
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