Originally Posted by
Olton Hall
Except for American freight railroads, no form of transportation runs in the black any place in the world.
I know, but the gap is pretty substantial. I have no problem subsidizing part of it. But, when people moan about a $0.25 increase on PATH while all the other rates are going up at dollars is ridiculous IMHO.
Originally Posted by
sbm12
That's how mass transit works. Everywhere. I've never seen a full self-sustained mass transit system anywhere. It would be too expensive for fares and no one would use it.
I thought most of Western EU was self-funded though, no?