CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE CHICAGO RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM

Construction, maintenance and operating costs are discussed under the following headings: total capital cost- construction, vehicles, support facilities, staging, difficult construction, right of acquisition, and demolition of acquisition, and demolition of old facilities; annual operating and maintaining cost, and capital cost required to keep existing facilities open. Construction cost estimates for conventional 2-track rail rapid transit are expressed as per mile costs exclusive of stations. The construction types covered are tunnel, cut and cover, elevated, at-grade, and depressed. The vehicle cost is $456,000 per rapid transit car. The annual operating costs are calculated on a per vehicle-mile basis and include vehicle maintenance, fuel andpower, reserve for injuries and damages, labor-operators and trainmen, and fixed costs. The costs of keeping in operation the existing transit structures, stations and bus routes are also reviewed.