The Quickway Proposal was developed by San Diego citizens who want to see an affordable, efficient, convenient, world-class transit system developed here. This detailed series is composed of nine presentations. Part 9 presents the costs & benefits of the Proposal.
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2006 Data—Projected Ridership Flows 2006 Data—Projected Ridership Flows Again, ridership projections were made using San Diego’s 2006 population and land use.
As San Diego grows and more people live by transit, projected ridership should be expected to increase significantly.
Even so, ridership flows on the North/Central component of the Proposal are equal to or better than existing Trolley lines.
Depending on how you slice and dice it, the Quickway Proposal may save the region up to $5 billion in direct capital costs, and may make some road projects unnecessary, saving further dollars.
FAST Plan 13,872,950,075$
RTP 2050 19,125,000,000$
FAST Plan Savings 5,252,049,925$
Cost Difference 27%
Capital Cost Comparison
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*The Proposal also includes approximately $1 billion in road projects which are not included in this comparison since they would not be funded from the transit portion of the RTP.