> Transit is expensive, claiming people have a right to free transit is just idiotic on so many levels. It doesn't matter how expensive transit is, if the tota

> Transit is expensive, claiming people have a right to free transit is just idiotic on so many levels. It doesn't matter how expensive transit is, if the total costs of fare collection & enforcement is greater than what they collect they're better off making it free and potentially making up the small shortfall with extra taxes. Considering a lot of these systems will be built by large consultancies specialized in milking out government contracts while delivering shoddy work, I wouldn't be surprised if fare collection was actually way more expensive that it needs to be.