CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION COST [in $1,000s]  
  DIRECT COSTS   Per Unit Unit Extended Per mile
Engineering at 7.6% of Construction job $93,574 [1]  $               742.65
Conc Guideway beams fabricated 1,000[2] mile $126,000  $            1,000.00
 Steel Roadbed track 500 mile $63,000  $               500.00
105 Colums & footings  at $8800 924 mile $116,424  $               924.00
105 cross beams every 50' at $4300 ea 452 mile $56,889  $               451.50 P/ Mile Engineering & Test Track………………….                  
Shipping to Job Site 40 mile $5,040  $                 40.00 $3,000
Erection 253 mile $31,878  $               253.00 $2,500
Electric Power Distribution 700 mile $88,200  $               700.00 $925
Control Systems 1,700 job+ $214,200  $            1,700.00 $253
Stations/(local circulators not incl) 1,000 stations $12,000  $                 95.24 $630
Maintenance Facilities 750[3] min $3,000  $                 23.81 $202
Vehicles assume 400 with 274 to start[4] 565 each $226,000  $            1,793.65 $700
Off site civil at 5% $58,400  $               463.49 $20
Contingency at 10% $132,400  $            1,050.79 $451
Subtotal Direct   $1,227,005  $            9,738.14 $1,700
  INDIRECT COSTS           $403
    $587
Administration (5.43% project cost)   $70,430  $               558.97 $88
Underwriting Fees at 2% $24,540  $               194.76
Reserves at 15% $184,051  $            1,460.72
  Subtotal Direct and Indirect     $279,021  $            2,214.45
   
  TOTAL COSTS       $1,506,026  $          11,952.59
Assumptions
Number of Vehicles Purchased 400
Number of vehicles to start 274
Miles of Track 126
Speed (Mph) 90
passenger per vehicle 15
passengers per day 20,000
average price one way 10
maximum Vehicles 5,000
  # of peak hours/day 13
 
     
       
                                                                       
              

[1]
$100k Minimum plus $10 k per mile
[2]
Station cost assumes only the ramp portion.  Each of 2 ramps is .25 miles long =.5 mile of 1 way guideway @ $2.068 mil = $1.034 per station.
[3]
Small Maintenance shop at $300k plus $300k for each 100 vehicles
[4]
15 passenger cars with linear induction motors for high speed and dual model wheels