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by fintechjock 1226 days ago
They spent $1.1 billion on the first round of the train, and in FY2021 it brought in $55,000 in gross fares.

We won’t be able to spend our way to adoption at that rate. And people aren’t going to adopt public transit in a city built around cars (93.4% of Austin families own a vehicle).

Sounds like we both wish mass public transit was the reality, but sadly it’s just not realistic.

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You write as though highways aren’t tremendously subsidized by federal and state budgets