How Much Did This Thing Cost?

[Fred W. Schneider III]

Fuzzy math?

"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:

> Port Authority's current management inherited the West Busway project and
> fortuitously scaled it back.  It has been open about 6 weeks now and is
> carrying 5400 weekday riders, 2200 on weekends.  Wasn't it built at near-LRT
> prices?  Shouldn't you be getting 30,000 or more weekday passengers if you
> pay that much?
>
> But maybe it's ALL new math...I just purchased some municipal bonds, the
> proceeds of which go to Penn Hills.  They have a line item in their 2000
> budget entitled "Non-Revenue Receipts."  (At the trolley museum, we call
> what I think this is "In-Kind Donations," but obviously we're not on top of
> the politically correct language!
>
> Ed