Can you cite your sources? I don't think you're comparing like to like. These costs also need to be normalized for ridership figures (NYC has higher ridership

Can you cite your sources? I don't think you're comparing like to like. These costs also need to be normalized for ridership figures (NYC has higher ridership). And don't forget that most of the figures you're going to see for NYC are for the entire MTA, which runs a lot more than just the subway. And it's important to distinguish the cost per ride vs the subsidy per ride. Fare revenue shouldn't count "against" a transit system. For some figures, the total budget of the London Underground is £10.3B (inclusive of fares): http://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-budget-2019-20.pdf http://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-budget-2019-20.pdf [pg 10] The total budget of the MTA (inclusive of fares) is $16.3B: http://web.mta.info/news/pdf/MTA-2019-Prelim-Budget-July-Financial-Plan-2019-2022-Vol1.pdf http://web.mta.info/news/pdf/MTA-2019-Prelim-Budget-July-Fin... [pg 14] Normalize those figures to dollar amounts and account for ridership, and it appears that the MTA is cheaper per ride than TfL.