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Hudson River Waterfront Transit Options Cost/Benefit Analysis

New Jersey Transit's Proposals

                                    Capital         New      Cost
                                      Costs        Mode   ($ thou
Network                             ($ mil)       Trips    / NMT)
-------                             -------     -------   -------

III  Core LRT.......................  329.7      36,000       9.0

IV   Core LRT & Extensions 
      (to south & west 
      from southern end)............  443.6      64,600       6.8

V    Core LRT & Weehawken
      Tunnel (& Busway 
      to North Bergen)..............  440.8      74,100       5.9

VI   Core LRT, Weehawken Tunnel
      & Ramps to Lincoln Tunnel
      (& Busway to North Bergen)....  486.0      66,400       7.3

VII  Core AGT/Monorail..............  353.4      45,300       7.8

VIII Neighborhood Clean Bus.........  420.6      96,600       4.4

My Alternatives, Based on Calculations of New Jersey Transit's Data

                                    Capital         New      Cost
                                      Costs        Mode   ($ thou
Network                             ($ mil)       Trips    / NMT)
-------                             -------     -------   -------

Gateway Park & Ride 3,600 (1).......   30.0       3,600       8.3

IV Without Gateway P&R (2)..........  413.6      62,944       6.6

IV + V = [Core LRT & Extensions (to
 south and west) & Weehawken Tunnel
 (& Busway to North Bergen)] (3)....  554.7     102,700       5.4

IV + V Without Gateway P&R (2)......  524.7     101,044       5.3

Notes:

(2) Assumes not building the 3,600 Gateway Park & Ride spaces will reduce new mode trips from Bayonne and Jersey City by 20% and eliminate all potential trips from Staten Island and the NJ mainland.

(3) Figures determined by finding difference between networks V and III and adding to that network IV.

This table was presented to NJ Transit's Board of Directors at their meeting in approximately January 1992.