Subsidizing public transport isn't necessarily bad - if there were no buses how much sales tax would it cost to build enough bridges/freeways/parking-lots etc s

Subsidizing public transport isn't necessarily bad - if there were no buses how much sales tax would it cost to build enough bridges/freeways/parking-lots etc so that everybody could drive into downtown. What about in Manhattan? The point was that it is one of those areas were making cuts to save money gets counter productive very fast.