Re: Metrocard Gripe

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From: Martin Bienwald
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 00:00

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John Whiteside (jwhitesi@concentric.net) wrote:

: Don't ever expect it to be self-sufficient. Economic analysis shows pretty
: consistently that the only way for mass transit to cover its costs is to
: offer less service at a much higher price (thereby defeating the the
: purpose of mass transit).

That is certainly true if you refer to the whole transit system of a city.
But heavily-used (light or heavy) rail services, as the NY subway, may well
cover their costs or even make profit. 
Of course, you need additional bus (feeder) routes which normally don't
cover much of their costs.

-- Martin --

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From: obelix@fim.informatik.uni-mannheim.de (Martin Bienwald)
Subject: Re: Metrocard Gripe
Date: 1996/06/11
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