Negative thoughts on metro in general

[Jain Alok]

>caracterized by massive public transport. Local autorities have to make
>decisions in that context and put "the car in its place"He presented the
>following table:
> 
> 	Capital cost by km for diferent tecnologies of transport
> 	(in Million U$)
> 	Busway  			< 0.5
> 	Solobus Sistem		2-10
> 	Tramway			5-15
> 	Light Metro(rail)		10-30
> 	Heavy metro (subway)	40-90


Capital cost of construction should be considered in light of carrying
capacity that each of this system provide. I do not have figures for all the
modes but heavy rail carries more than 5 times the people a tram system or a
light rail system can carry. So the cost per passenger carried is very much
the same. Now, this indeed relates to issues such as anticipated demand,
utilisation etc. but thats what planning is all about.
Regards
Alok Jain
Hong Kong