Originally Posted by
Walter S
It's rediculous to think mass transit riders should pay the same cost per trip/mile as car owners. The point is not how much you pay to travel. The issue is to do with the amount paid relative to the actual cost to society of that mode. If you don't account for actual cost then you're just farting more electrons at the issue.
Are the car owners a noble lot because they fork over $9000 per year and mass transit riders much less? Impossible to say. Not enough information.
I don't think anyone is saying that. What they're saying is if bus fare increased to a level that would result in transit just breaking even, then money intended for roads that supports that mass transit would not be needed for transit and could instead be put into the road. Mass transit, at least in the form of busses, is a double hit to the tax base. One for the roads and another for the rider(s). This is my issue with mass transit. I don't ask people to buy me tires, buy me gas, change my oil or pay my insurance and registration. Mass transit does.