A Proposal for a Scarborough ALRT Line

Table A12: Scarborough ALRT "Wye"

Sheppard/ Yonge - Sheppard/Don Mills Subway Conversion

Don Mills/ Sheppard to Scarborough RT Link

Scarborough RT refurbishment

Scarborough RT extension McCowan - Sheppard (Malvern)

TOTAL Complete Scarborough Wye Scheme

Route km

5.5

6.5

6.5

3.5

22

New route km

0

6.5

0

3.5

10

Underground km

0

0

0

0

0

Underground stations

0

0

0

0

0

Surface or elevated stations

0

3

0

2

5

Road lane km lost

0

0

0

0

0

ALRT Cars

30

30

30

10

100

Infrastructure Capital Cost $m NPV

$ -100

$ -700

$ -200

$ -500

$ -1,500

Rolling Stock Capital cost $m NPV

$ -126

$ -126

$ -126

$ -42

$ -420

Operating Costs (incremental) $m NPV

$ 253

$ -334

$ -

$ -184

$ -265

Bus costs reduced $m

$ -

$ 207

$ -

$ 207

$ 414

TOTAL COSTS NPV

$ 27

$ -953

$ -326

$ -519

$ -1,771

Total daily riders 2023

50,000

80,000

40,000

20,000

190,000

New daily riders 2023

70,600

Incremental revenues $m NPV

$ 974

NET FINANCIAL EFFECT $m NPV

$ -796

Road user benefits $m NPV

$ 2,436

Road user dis-benefits $m NPV

$ -

Passenger Benefits $m NPV

$ 1,722

TOTAL BENEFITS $m NPV

$ 5,132

NET BENEFITS $m NPV

$ 3,361

BENEFIT COST RATIO

2.90

Growth to 2033 with complementary policies

2.00

New daily riders 2033

141,200

Net cost per new daily rider 2033

$ -5,639

Cost per ALRT car $m

$-4.20

(includes assumed $1m per car penalty for contract change)

O&M cost per km - ALRT $m/yr

$-2.00

O&M cost per km - underground LRT $m/yr

$-1.00

O&M cost per underground station $m/yr

$-1.00

O&M saving subway to ALRT $m/yr per km

$2.00

O&M cost per surface or elevated station $m/yr

$-0.50

Average fare per new daily rider

$2.00

Road user benefit per new daily rider

$5.00

Road disbenefit per lane km per day $

$-1,000.00