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By that reasoning we should eliminate public mass transport and someone will fill the gap. However, I think it would be an error too.
by plafl 10y ago
By that reasoning we should eliminate public mass transport and someone will fill the gap. However, I think it would be an error too.
- CalRobert 10y agoWell, if we did that in tandem with eliminating public roads we could see what happens. Public transportation does exist outside of the government-subsidized model; see the jitneys in New York for an example.
- notatoad 10y agoI think that if we were to follow that reasoning to the point of eliminating public transit, it would have to be eliminating all public transport subsidies: if all roads were toll roads and the tolls needed to cover the full cost of building and maintaining the roads, and there was no public parking, i think private mass transit would probably be successful. (not that i think going that far would be a good idea. But it's important to realize just how much public money is spent maintaining infrastructure for private vehicles. eliminating free parking would be a very small portion of the subsidy.)
- mahyarm 10y agoThere is a lot of regulation preventing people from making their own public transport. Things like taxi medallions and a ban on dollar van lines.