You must not have had many conversations about transit policy. Anecdotally, it's by far the majority view to treat the costs of car infrastructure as handed dow

You must not have had many conversations about transit policy. Anecdotally, it's by far the majority view to treat the costs of car infrastructure as handed down from God for free, often in the same conversation as complaints about a given transit system making less revenue than its costs and thus failing to justify its existence. Just because the dynamic implied by the article is irrational doesn't mean it isn't ubiquitous. Most people are horribly stricken with status quo bias, and the costs of car infrastructure and usage is one of the worst examples I've seen of special-casing costs and taking them for granted.