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2005-11-10 Home Front: Economy

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-11-10 09:25|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 mass transit rarely pays its' own way, relying on massive subsidies. The San Diego Trolley is full most of the time, yet fares cover something like 33% of costs

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-11-10 10:06|| 2005-11-10 10:06|| Front Page Top

#2 The Chicago area has a regional transit authority. By law they have to raise 50% of their revenues at the farebox. I think they actually do, excepting some of the usual accounting tricks. The rest comes from a gas tax.

I've always been in favor of mass transit for everyone else, so that they'd get the hell off the road and let me get to where I need to go. :-)

Posted by Steve White 2005-11-10 10:30|| 2005-11-10 10:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Seattle taxi drivers explained to me how the transit dept forced them to switch to natural gas but required buying it from a transit department station at twice the cost of equiv. gas. Massive fines and loss of taxi license if they didn't agree.

BUT they have no such requirement for their own equipment and have some of the most smokey buses in the west.

Posted by 3dc 2005-11-10 10:37|| 2005-11-10 10:37|| Front Page Top

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