BUSINESS SALES:
- CAPITAL INVESTMENT: $30 million in increased sales per each $10 million investment.
- OPERATING INVESTMENT: $32 million in increased sales per each $10 million investment.
HIGHWAY & PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION USER COSTS: $15 million in operating, fuel, and congestion costs per each $10 million investment.
BUSINESS OUTPUT: $2 million per each $10 million investment in first year, increasing to $31 million per each $10 million in the 20th year.
PERSONAL INCOME: $0.8 million per each $10 million investment in first year, increasing to $18 million per each $10 million in the 20th year.
STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE: 4%-16% increase due to income and employment increases resulting from public transportation investments.
Source: Public Transportation and the Nation’s Economy, Cambridge Systematics, 1999.
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