| ▲ | thereisnospork 5 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||
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? | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | jrflowers 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
https://trimet.org/budget/pdf/2026-adopted-budget.pdf Tax revenue was $555mm https://trimet.org/about/pdf/trimetridership.pdf ~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. https://info.oregon.aaa.com/how-much-does-it-really-cost-to-... | ||||||||||||||||||||