Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B
by ComputerGuru on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @08:58PM
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Do you have a source for the 1 employee per four passengers? Metra trains here in Chicago typically have only one conductor.
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Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B
by MrFoof on Thursday January 18, 2018 @01:25PM
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Watch the video, which cites sources (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2p-HoK9KXEAamNTTkdSaERqdGc...). This isn't just staff active on the train, but maintenance, administration, back office, etc.
Amtrak employs ~20,000 people. When you get to the number of annual passengers, and how many trips they operate a year, it breaks down to ~4 passengers per employee per trip.