@@Streetcar PASSENGERS COVER 14% OF COST OF STREETCAR, 6% OF COUNTY BUSES City says streetcar is on track even if trains look empty http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004433488_streetcar23m.html Friday, May 23, 2008 Ticket sales cover 5 percent of the estimated $2.1 million annual operating cost, mainly because the overwhelming majority of riders use King County Metro Transit passes. Even after crediting the streetcar with a share of pass sales, passengers still cover only about 14 percent of operations, compared with 22 percent for the countywide bus system. (Cash fares on Metro buses cover 6 percent of operating costs.)