| Cost per Kilometer Analysis | ||||||
| AMSC American Super Conductor can supply 125 Kilometers, for 6.8million at $250/kilowattmeter? Should be as cheep as $50/kilowattmeter and still be profitable. | ||||||
| 6.8 million divided by 125 kilometers equals $54,400/kilometer for the Nitrogen HTS wire. | ||||||
| 1 mile = 5,280 feet 1 Kilometer = 3278 feet | ||||||
| Interstate Traveler Rail Costs/Kilometer | ||||||
| Qty | Units | Description | Cost | Amount | Notes | |
| 1 | Kilometer | AMSC HTS Super Conductor Wire | $54,000.00 | $54,000.00 | ||
| 1 | Kilometer | Solar Panel 72" wide x 1 Kilometer long. | $655,600.00 | $655,600.00 | 6 ' x 1 ' section of panel at $200.00 /foot | |
| 1 | Kilometer | Concrete 3'x3' x 1 Kilometer extrusion | $87,413.00 | $87,413.00 | 3' x 3' slip form = 1092 yards / kilometer @ $80.00 / cu.yard | |
| 1 | Kilometer | Steel tubing for Rail | $352,712.80 | $352,712.80 | ||
| 1 | Kilometer | Steel Tubing for Stanchion Poles | $28,800.00 | $28,800.00 | ||
| 1 | Kilometer | Steel Plating | $153,607.08 | $153,607.08 | ||
| 5 | Kilometer | Supplemental Conduit | $100,000.00 | $500,000.00 | ||
| 1 | Kilometer | Fiber Optics | $16,000.00 | $16,000.00 | figured at $5 per foot but can be purchase at $.35 per foot | |
| 0.25 | Units/Kilometer | Full Function Substation | $1,000,000.00 | $250,000.00 | One every FOUR kilometers | |
| 1 | Labor/Kilometer | 100 people working simultaneously / 1 week | $100,000.00 | $100,000.00 | $52k / Annual Salary equivalent or $1K / week | |
| 1 | Kilometer | Solid-state Magnets | $100,000.00 | $100,000.00 | $100 / meter ~~ $30/foot | |
| Total cost of the InterState Traveler /Kilometers | $2,298,132.88 | |||||
| Terminal Stations | ||||||
| Qty | Units | Description | Cost | Amount | Notes | |
| 0 | Each | Grand Terminal Stations | $4,000,000.00 | $0.00 | One Grand Terminal at each End | |
| 0 | Each | Local Terminal Stations | $250,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| 0 | Each | Car Ramp for Car Ferry | $150,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| 0 | Kilometer | Sidetrack to Local Public Station (1Kilometer) | $2,298,132.88 | $0.00 | ||
| 0 | Each | Remote Public Station, and parking | $100,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
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| Interstate Traveler Public Cars | ||||||
| Qty | Units | Description | Cost | Amount | Notes | |
| 0 | Each | Grand Public Car | $1,000,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| 0 | Each | Commuter Public Car | $500,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| 0 | Each | Car Ferry | $250,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Detroit to Lansing & Detroit to Brighton via I94-US23 | ||||||
| Qty | Units | Description | Cost | Amount | Notes | |
| 1 | Software | Car Control Systems | $1,000,000.00 | $1,000,000.00 | ||
| 1 | Engineering | One time bulk engineering cost | $1,000,000.00 | $1,000,000.00 | ||
| 147 | Kilometer | Rail Construction I96 Detriot Lansing | $2,298,132.88 | $337,825,533.36 | Approx 91 miles | |
| 0 | Kilometer | Rail Construction I94-US23 Detroit -Brighton | $2,298,132.88 | $0.00 | Approx 62 miles | |
| 0 | Kilometer | Lansing to Muskegon 160 kilometers | $2,298,132.88 | $0.00 | ||
| 2 | Each | Grand Terminal Stations | $4,000,000.00 | $8,000,000.00 | ||
| 40 | Each | Local Terminal Stations | $250,000.00 | $10,000,000.00 | Detroit, Redford, Novi, Brighton, Fowlerville, Lansing | |
| 20 | Kilometer | Sidetrack to Local Public Station (1Kilometer) | $2,298,132.88 | $45,962,657.60 | ||
| 40 | Each | Car Ramp for Car Ferry | $150,000.00 | $6,000,000.00 | ||
| 20 | Each | Remote Public Station, and parking | $100,000.00 | $2,000,000.00 | ||
| 20 | Each | Grand Public Car | $1,000,000.00 | $20,000,000.00 | ||
| 200 | Each | Commuter Public Car | $500,000.00 | $100,000,000.00 | ||
| 300 | Each | Car Ferry | $250,000.00 | $75,000,000.00 | ||
| 220 | Total Commute Cars | Total Cost for InterState Traveler Installation | $606,788,190.96 | |||
| 300 | Total Car Ferry | |||||
| Detroit to Lansing | Click on the Yellow Cell for a Yahoo map from Detroit to Lansing | |||||
| Annual Support | ||||||
| Staff | Unit | Who they are | Per Month / Unit | All FTE / Month | All FTE / Year | |
| 48 | FTE/month | FTE Operations and Support | $8,000.00 | $384,000.00 | $4,608,000.00 | |
| Cost per Kilometer lock, stock, and barrel | $4,127,810.82 | |||||