Even five dollars a ride would be twice the price. It's just not comparable.

How many tax dollars go into subsidizing a public transit ride? Varies from place to place but it's not insignificant.

danaw 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

how many tax dollars go to roads and bridges just for cars?

	▲	coryrc 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Too many, but at least some are directly on vehicles. Transit (in the USA, on the West coast) is funded >90% by taxes on income, property, vehicle registration, fuel, etc not by the people using it.
	▲	xnx an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Everyone uses the roads. You have to reach for very obscure examples to find commerce that doesn't utilize roads. Every bit of concrete and steel to build transit was at some point transported over roads.
	▲	rootusrootus 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Varies from place to place but it's not insignificant

jrflowers 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Tax revenue was $555mm

~122,300,000 rides (originating + boarding)

So about $4.53 per ride.

The Portland metro is ~2.5mm people, so about $222/resident/yr.

Portland metro area residents pay on average about sixty cents per day to subsidize TriMet.

Roughly 1/43rd the average cost of ownership for a new car in Oregon.