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Any money spent on public transportation would be better spent upgrading infrastructure to serve autonomous vehicles. Our bus system where I live travels with

Any money spent on public transportation would be better spent upgrading infrastructure to serve autonomous vehicles. Our bus system where I live travels with many busses nearly empty. This is what happens when they are funded by a percentage of property taxes rather than individuals paying per ride. A perfect example of government waste.

adrianN 6y ago
If nobody is using your public transport, that usually means that it's crap, not that it's overfunded. The vast majority of functioning public transport systems (that people actually use!) are not profitable. That is perfectly fine, because a public transport system, like many other types of infrastructure, has many positive externalities.
- roamerz 6y ago
  It’s actually a very modern and well equipped system. I think it’s fault is that it is sized for what they wish were the ridership numbers rather than what they are in reality.