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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I concur, it's cheaper to drive if you don't work downtown than take the metro. FOr example if I were to take public transit to my current job, it would take at least 2 hours each way, I'd pay the maximum fare both ways and pay the metro parking fee. Instead I drive [b]on roads that are subsidized for your use[/b], takes about 45 minutes each way, and there's free parking at work.[b]someone paid for the parking, it just isn't you. It is most liklely me in the form of subsidies to your employer[/b][/quote] IOW if you paid the actual costs for your commute, metro would be more cost effective.[/quote] How much would Metro cost without subsidies? It would still be substantially more expensive than traveling a similar distance by car if roads were not subsidized. The fare would probably be a totally ridiculous. People forget that the streetcars went bankrupt. They just think they disappeared only through some Detroit conspiracy. [/quote]
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