The end of a short Charlotte Observer story today on Uptown street closings related to laying the track for the streetcar line:
To carry a passenger a mile on the streetcar, the Charlotte Area Transit System projects it will cost $1.58 in 2019, when the second phase of the project is expected to open. For comparison, in 2012, it cost CATS 77 cents to move a bus passenger one mile. A Lynx Blue Line passenger’s 1-mile trip was 68 cents, according to a federal database, the Observer reported.
The streetcar’s construction and operating costs have come under scrutiny from some City Council members, in part because the city – not CATS – will pay the bill. The transit system has told the city it can’t afford to build or maintain the line.
H/t: CJ
