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Mexicable charges seven pesos (37 cents), less than half of its break-even price ... The jury is out on whether cable cars are worth the cost. I'd be surpris
by Johnny555 9y ago
Mexicable charges seven pesos (37 cents), less than half of its break-even price
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The jury is out on whether cable cars are worth the cost.
I'd be surprised if they can run a bus line or any other transit for less than 74 cents/trip.
- thriftwy 9y agoDollar vans totally can. In countries with low cost of living private vans can be profitable at 20 cents per ride. I've rode plenty of those.
- buyx 9y agoDollar vans/share taxis also lead to situations like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa unless they are well regulated.
- ch4s3 9y agoThey probably can't, but you can maintain roads for what most non EU nations charge in gas taxes either so I guess it's a matter of priorities.
- sliverstorm 9y agoThat's the joke to me, people complain about how we are subsidizing buses and train service- "The buses STILL don't make a profit!"- but when have roads for cars ever turned a profit?
- walshemj 9y agoIn the UK Road Tax Fuel duty and VED exceed that spent on roads by 20+ Billion Pounds 15/16 FY
- sliverstorm 9y agoI guess I don't usually consider taxes to be profits, considering buses etc that do not generate enough in fares are also paid for with taxes.
- walshemj 9y agowe where talking about roads and most of the road traffic is cars, vans and lorries
- ch4s3 9y agook, non EU, non UK countries.
- 7952 9y agoFor many years fuel duty was set at a high level to discourage car use. Since then it has become a large amount of money that the government doesn't want to lose. But it is a bit ironic how it is treated as a source of revenue for road building in the public consciousness. It just doesn't seem to work very well at discouraging driving. People include fuel tax in a basket of other costs and factors they have to contend with.
- KGIII 9y agoHave you considered the productivity that the roads have added?
- DrScump 9y agoIn contrast, Santa Clara County's VTA gets a farebox return of about 12% of operating costs... and that includes nothing toward capital equipment or debt service.