Austin American-Statesman transportation columnist Ben Wear did the math, and discovers that the Leander-to-downtown commuter rail route is quite an expensive ride.

The five rail cars (at $5 million a pop) with a capacity of 200 running five routes from Leander at 30-minute intervals in the morning and evening means 1,000 commuters at a cost of $90 million - and that is full capacity. Ouch.

Ding Ding Goes the Commuter Train - Austin American-Statesman