kkt

"Jack May" <jack.may@> writes:

> "Merritt Mullen" <mmullen8014@mchsi.com> wrote in message
> news:mmullen8014-6B6AB0.18072801052008@netnews.mchsi.com...
> > In article <lAmSj.12382$V14.11097@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>,
> > "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen@sprunk.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Nationwide, light rail's operating cost per passenger-mile is 3/4ths of
> >> buses', according to the NTD. Sure, the numbers are higher for LRT per
> >> vehicle mile, but their load factor is 65% higher, which is more than
> >> enough
> >> to overcome that. That's kind of the point of using rail: you can put a
> >> lot
> >> more people on a train, for a lower operating cost per person, than you
> >> can
> >> a bus.
> >
> > Also, it been a long time since I heard of a light rail operator paying
> > for diesel, gasoline, or natural gas. I suppose Sprinter (a DMU) is an
> > exception).
>
> Geez!!! Another person that believes transit is fueled by pixie dust. We
> are talking about the equivalent energy used directly in fuel or indirectly
> in electricity fueled by some fuel.

In San Francisco, hydro power from Hetch Hetchy powers electric Muni
vehicles.

In Seattle, the grid power is over 90% hydro.

-- Patrick