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The proponents of building a light rail system in Austin released recently their preliminary cost estimates.  The estimated price tag for the light rail line, which would run from the airport to downtown Austin and the University of Texas, for a distance of 15.3 miles, would be $600 million.  That works out to approximately $39 million per mile.  Coincidentally, Capital Metro released its estimate of the cost of the first phase of the BRT plan for Austin.  The price tag for the two starter routes, which would run from south Austin to North Austin, a combined distance of 57 miles, would be $40 million or approximately $702 thousand per mile.  I wonder how many of the people who have stated a preference for light rail over BRT understand the cost and funding implications or who will pick up the tab.
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