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Sample Calculation
The Interstate Traveler Project
Grow budget by  x  percent: 10% 6/3/2002
  A cycle is defined as a single passenger paying for one mile of travel.
Steps:
1 Passenger Fee / Mile $1.00 Dollars  Total Revenue
2 Operational Expenses 0% % Percentage of Total Revenue
3 Number of Cars: 1 Cars from Costs Page
4 Revenue per mile/Passenger $1.000 Dollars      
5 Passengers Per Car 1
People
6 Average Distance per Cycle 1 Miles
7 Average Speed of Car 1 Miles/Hour
Time to Complete a Cycle 1.00 Hours      
Revenue / Cycle 1Car/1Person $1.00        
Revenue per Cycle All cars $1.00 Increases with distance traveled      
Number of Cycles per Day 24 Average Distance of Cycle Divided by time to travel      
Miles/Day by One Car 24        
Miles/Day by All Cars 24        
System Passenger Capacity 1 Number Cars times Number of Passengers      
Total Passengers / Day          
Revenue/Mile/ at Capacity $1.00 For every Mile Traveled      
Revenue/Ave Day at Capacity $24.00 (Cycles/Day all cars) x (the revenue per mile)      
  Return on Investment      
30 Day Projected Revenue: $720.00
30 Day Operational Costs are Computed above. 
150 Kilometer Installation from Detroit to Lansing $667,467,010.06
Return on Investment in Months after made Operational 927,037.51
Years 77,253.13
Gross Revenue $8,640.00
Taxes $2,851.20
Earnings per year $5,788.80
After 10 years $57,888.00
After 20 years $115,776.00
Total