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I will never understand why mass transit is held to profit-making standards but roads are not.
by stonogo 2y ago
I will never understand why mass transit is held to profit-making standards but roads are not.
- bobthepanda 2y agoroads often were until the Eisenhower administration pushed for free national highways, since he was part of a military test convoy that only made it across the country after 62 days on poor, or nonexistent roads. https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/1919-transcontinental-motor-convoy https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/... The highways that are present from before that time in the US are tolled, like the turnpikes found in the Northeast.
- shiroiushi 2y agoIt's more than that. For intra-city transit, anti-transit people generally demand that public transit pay for itself, while still demanding all the roads (inside the city) be free. Of course, there's a big question about practicality when it comes to putting tolls on all the small roads and streets in a city, but these same people are the ones who oppose "congestion charges" like that implemented in London, which effectively imposes a toll for using any of the roads inside a certain area.