> they provide a means to travel easily across a city for recreation, leisure, and cultural activities too There's an economic advantage to this to. In London

> they provide a means to travel easily across a city for recreation, leisure, and cultural activities too There's an economic advantage to this to. In London we recently (last year?) made parts of the underground 24/7. It's estimated that this is going to add £138m to the London economy annually [1]. Public transport investment is almost always hugely beneficial to the area in many different ways. [1]https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2017/august/gla---night-tube-boosts-london-s-economy-by-171m https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2017/august...