> My only point is transparency. If the true, unsubsidized fare were charged would people still ride? Would it still seem like a good deal? Would it still seem like the best plan?
Says the guy who apparently has no fucking clue how expensive the unsubsidized cost of driving is and is complaining about mere hundred dollar car tabs. Get back to me when you’re paying the $6/gallon gas taxes and $20/day congestion charges and $10 bridge tolls and $8/hr parking costs, and we’ll see how many drivers are left.
The core reason why transit is so heavily subsidized is because we have so many buses running empty, and the reason so many buses run empty is because entitled assholes refuse to take any mode except their single occupancy vehicles and then lose their minds and beat down politicians’ doors any time we suggest raising taxes to pay for all their driving. Transit is literally subsidized because cars are subsidized. Make drivers pay their costs and transit will be way more sustainable.
Says the guy who apparently has no fucking clue how expensive the unsubsidized cost of driving is and is complaining about mere hundred dollar car tabs. Get back to me when you’re paying the $6/gallon gas taxes and $20/day congestion charges and $10 bridge tolls and $8/hr parking costs, and we’ll see how many drivers are left.
The core reason why transit is so heavily subsidized is because we have so many buses running empty, and the reason so many buses run empty is because entitled assholes refuse to take any mode except their single occupancy vehicles and then lose their minds and beat down politicians’ doors any time we suggest raising taxes to pay for all their driving. Transit is literally subsidized because cars are subsidized. Make drivers pay their costs and transit will be way more sustainable.