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Public transit is in massive use in many cities around the world where people are happy to pay for it. And it has huge economic benefits beyond the immediate costs of operating it.

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> Public transit is in massive use in many cities around the world where people are happy to pay for it

I know, but that has nothing to do with my point.

My point is that it's a money-losing public service, not a profitable business in the vast majority of (or all?) cases.