Human Transit: 02box: on operating cost

Intreasting blog on understanding the costs of bus and rail transit.



Human Transit: 02box: on operating cost: It's All About Labor

Driver labor, and related time-based costs, are the dominant element – often 70% or more -- of transit operating budgets in the developed world.


This partly explains why cycle monorails and elevated cycle ways are so much cheaper than traditional monorail ( aka train on a stick ). Also check out   http://www.humantransit.org/2011/04/basics-walking-distance-to-transit.html on why elevated cycle lanes help improve the radius for the network.