- fuel $10
- wage for driver $35
- fringe benefits for driver $33
- fuel & tires $11
- maintenance $22
- nonvehicle maintenance $9
- general admin $22
- other $2
- power $7
- wage for driver $27
- benefits for driver $24
- maintenance $33
- nonvehicle maintenance $40
- general admin
2 comments:
Wait, what? MAX operators have a higher hourly pay than bus operators.
I agree:
"Fuel" is counted twice for bus.
Wage should be higher for MAX - fewer part-timers, more senior Operators.
Benefits should be identical.
Also, cost of fuel and electricity has not matched inflation...diesel fuel is in the $4-5/gallon ballpark; TriMet gets about 4 miles to the gallon, average speed is about 15 miles per hour, figure four gallons per hour, $20/gallon. Unfortunately data for kwh consumption per hour is a little harder to find.
Also, there are many costs that are MAX specific such as borrowing/interest costs, the lease-back scheme costs, and a disproportionate cost of capital projects, marketing and such that are counted as "general admin". However bus would have a greater proportion of human resources costs (since there's more employees assigned to the bus system).
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