> This argument has to face up to the fact that all of the best systems have high farebox recovery and all the American systems have low recovery except for NY (which is still lower than the good ones).

Perhaps drivers/commuters should also be better charged for the resources they use:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congestion_pricing

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Cost_of_Free_Parking

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_price

We can let The Market™ decide what the alleged convenience of driving is worth.