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Re:Dugout Loop by JauntyHatAngle on Thursday August 16, 2018 @01:04AM (#17772045)
Not sure what you are saying. Can you clarify?

They aren't proposing these numbers with any more context than the article, (This is a pilot running alongside existing infrastructure) so I'm really unsure about what you are asking?

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Re:Dugout Loop by mozumder on Thursday August 16, 2018 @07:37AM (#17773736)
I'm saying the numbers are so astronomically off that there is no viable path to profit without public subsidy, for any theoretical future system, big or small.
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Re:Dugout Loop by SECProto on Thursday August 16, 2018 @07:49AM (#17773796)
Their path to profit is the Chicago airport loop, which is proposed to cost a fair bit more and have much more consistent ridership. This is a pilot project, a technology tester.
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Re:Dugout Loop by CaptainZapp on Thursday August 16, 2018 @09:05AM (#17774249)
There is some disagreement among experts that this project is ever a path to profit, given that the projected construction cost is ridiculously low.[1]

[1] https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/06/for-1-billion...

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