>Why not just subsidize Lyft and Uber rides? For these short distances, it'd probably be less than $5. They are already subsidized, by billions and billions of

>Why not just subsidize Lyft and Uber rides? For these short distances, it'd probably be less than $5. They are already subsidized, by billions and billions of dollars of venture capital. When you pay less than $5 to get from one side of your city to the other in the middle of rush hour, that's not covering the entire cost of the trip.