Washington subway crash

[xoxoxoBruce]

Fine, subsidize your commute with taxes on the people served by that system. Why should I pay part of your fare?

[glatt]

The same reason I help pay for the roads around you that I never use.

The benefit of the public transportation here to people here who never use it is that the roads are less congested. There are 1.2 million trips each day taken on the metro system here. If those 1.2 million people each got into a car and got on the road, there would be gridlock. 1.2 million additional cars each day will overwhelm any city. Just think of what traffic is like when there is a sporting event going on and there are an additional 30,000 cars on the road.

There's the whole issue of one region being taxed and having their money sent off to pay for services in another region, but that's been going on since the beginning of time and is not unique to mass transit at all.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by glatt

The same reason I help pay for the roads around you that I never use.

And I pay for roads around you, why should I pay for part of your train ticket too?

The benefit of the public transportation here to people here who never use it is that the roads are less congested. There are 1.2 million trips each day taken on the metro system here. If those 1.2 million people each got into a car and got on the road, there would be gridlock. 1.2 million additional cars each day will overwhelm any city. Just think of what traffic is like when there is a sporting event going on and there are an additional 30,000 cars on the road.

And when the roads are gridlocked, plus the cost of parking in DC, paying the actual cost of that train ticket won't look so bad, will it?

There's the whole issue of one region being taxed and having their money sent off to pay for services in another region, but that's been going on since the beginning of time and is not unique to mass transit at all.

Oh excuse me, I should pay part of your ticket, Because We've Always Done It That Way.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Why should I pay part of your fare?

Just guessing here - Do any of the goods or supplies you use/purchase travel along those roads? Probably.