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“But there’s no profit in that. Why would we do that?”
- the people with all the power
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But there is profit in it. Public transit can be a revenue generator that at least pays for itself as opposed to roads that are nothing but a huge cost over its lifetime.
And then there are the second-order effects of better economic activity in the areas around metro stations, a healthier populace that is less of a burden on the healthcare system, and overall higher happiness, which makes for better workers. It’s just that it can take a decade or two to see these effects come to fruition.
But politicians rarely see that far out.
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That’s not how the calculations for streets work. National economy is pretty darn complex and streets are paying for itself in a lot of countries.
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