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No one pays the full cost of their trips. Transit users are subsidized. Pedestrians and cyclists are subsidized as they pay nothing at all for their infrastruct
by massysett 10y ago
No one pays the full cost of their trips. Transit users are subsidized. Pedestrians and cyclists are subsidized as they pay nothing at all for their infrastructure. Plus, every "drivers are subsidized" argument ignores the fact that drivers shoulder the entire capital and operating expense of their vehicles--a cost borne entirely by governments for transit. Even transit systems with high fare box recovery rates do not come close to paying even one penny of _any_ of their capital expense, whether for guideways or for vehicles.
- jessaustin 10y agoPedestrians and cyclists are subsidized as they pay nothing at all for their infrastructure. Comparisons across many orders of magnitude are not insightful. Pedestrians and cyclists can travel over unimproved ground, or gravel if they're being picky. Any road that currently serves automobiles could serve the same number of drivers as pedestrians and cyclists for centuries with no maintenance.