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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]

Except more people benefit from mass transit subsidies. The only person who benefits from the subsidies you receive is you.
Just think, how many MORE cars would be on the road right now without metro?[/quote]

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