New doubts cast on Metro 4 feasibility
The travel and transport association VEKE is claiming that figures were fiddled to embellish the feasibility study for Budapest's controversial Metro 4 project. According to Index.hu, the project's effectiveness is mostly measured by its ability to save time and VEKE claims that the average speed of metro trains was unduly increased from 28 kph - as indicated by the realization study - to 33 kph.
The basis for the calculations are that if 1,000 passengers reach their destination on the new metro three minutes earlier than by other means of transportation, this saves 3,000 minutes (50 hours). This is multiplied by the average wage to provide the project's effectiveness in forints. The EU tender process requires any projects to be worthwhile investments.
The DBR Metro Project Project Directorate responded that VEKE's criticism is based on only half of the available information, and that the average speed of metro trains was calculated correctly.
Email
Save to My CaboodleRelated Links:
Related Stories:
- Future of Budapest's Metro 4 in doubt - 2010-12-31 12:04
- Metro drill on way to penultimate station in Pest - 2010-03-09 09:45
- Contract battle stops work on new Budapest metro - 2009-04-16 09:52
- BKV to raise fares, introduce new tickets and passes next year - 2008-11-18 10:02
- Budapest metro 4 tunnel drilling dangerous and illegal, MP says - 2008-08-26 14:49
- Budapest metro's one-year delay - 2008-08-21 10:01
- Building a metro is more expensive in Budapest than almost everywhere else - 2008-06-23 09:35
