Cost per mile for protected lanes:
This study, in 2003, put the cost of a lane of highway at about $1 million per mile. (The full highway was $2-3 million).
High Speed BRT can be had across the LA Las Vegas I-15 for for about a half billion. This price includes only the rural section of I-15, that is 200 miles.
So, High Speed Rail is DOA when we can go faster on asphalt at about 1/5 the cost. After all, most HSR will be limited by freight to speeds of 80 MPH since they share the track. But we can get High Speed BRT up to 140 MPH, easy, with lane guidance and curbing.
Nevada, are you listening? If so, check out Thomas A. Rubin at the Reason foundation, he gets it.
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