The Interstate Traveler Project
  Grow budget by  x  percent: 0%   6/3/2002
  A cycle is defined as a single passenger paying for one mile of travel.
Steps:
1 Passenger Fee / Mile $0.33 Dollars  Total Revenue
2 Operational Expenses 10% % Percentage of Total Revenue
3 Number of Cars: 10 Cars from Costs Page
4 Revenue per mile/Passenger $0.297 Dollars  
5 Passengers Per Car 4
People
6 Average Distance per Cycle 12 Miles
7 Average Speed of Car 88 Miles/Hour
Time to Complete a Cycle 0.136363636 Hours  
Revenue / Cycle 1Car/1Person $3.564    
Revenue per Cycle All cars $142.56 Increases with distance traveled  
Number of Cycles per Day 7040 Average Distance of Cycle Divided by time to travel  
Miles/Day by One Car 2112    
Miles/Day by All Cars 21120    
System Passenger Capacity 40 Number Cars times Number of Passengers  
Total Passengers / Day      
Revenue/Mile/ at Capacity $11.88 For every Mile Traveled  
Revenue/Ave Day at Capacity $2,483.97 (Cycles/Day all cars) x (the revenue per mile)  
  Return on Investment      
30 Day Projected Revenue: $74,518.96
30 Day Operational Costs are Computed above. 
150 Kilometer Installation from Detroit to Lansing $43,475,000.00
Return on Investment in Months after made Operational 583.41
Years 48.62
Gross Revenue $894,227.56
Taxes $295,095.09
Earnings per year $599,132.46
After 10 years $5,991,324.64
After 20 years $11,982,649.28
Total
Text Box: In order for passenger traffic to be granted access, they must furnish personal photo ID and proof of citizenship, US or otherwise.  The application must include a credit number and pass validation or supply a minimum amount of cash.

Each passenger pays by the distance traveled, and the price is the same for everyone.