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[quote user="Phoebe Vet"] Where did you get the impression that municiple mass transit systems are supposed to make a profit, or even break even? [/quote] I have never said that public transit systems should make a profit or breakeven.  However, it is important for decision makers, as well as the public, to understand the cost/benefit ratio since practically everyone pays the lion's share of the tab.  Unfortunately, most people make a lot of claims about the benefits without in many if not most instances being able to support them with rock hard data.  Transparency about costs and benefits helps keeps total costs in check.  Most people in Mecklenburg County probably don't know how much CATS costs, especially the light rail system, or how much subsidy the riders receive, let alone the benefits other than those claimed by people who cannot support them with data.  Many of the decision makers in Dallas, with which I am most familiar, did not and don't have a clue regarding the cost of light rail.  If they had or did, they may have opted for less expensive alternatives that could the job nearly as well, i.e. more HOV lanes, rapid bus technology, etc. My interest in trains and public transit systems, as well as my support, is trumped by one factor.  Fiscal responsibility!
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