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Metrorail Costs and Benefits
Wednesday, November 8, 2006; Page A26
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the Purple Line a "much-needed project." Can The Post cite one
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Metrorail line to support that statement?
Bent Flyvbjerg of Aalborg University in Denmark has studied
many light-rail projects around the world and discovered that on
average the ridership is half the projected amount and the costs
are much higher than the estimated amount, for a negative rate of
return. In addition, he found that large annual losses continue
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