“The reason most public transportation is seen as ‘losing’ money is precisely because it charges for trips. If you don't charge fares, suddenly it can't ‘lose’ money. It just costs money, the same as the roads.”
This random comment has given me my new favourite argument for removing fares from public transit.
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It's not a very good argument for removing fares, though. The removal of fares would do no good outside of the accounting and rhetoric, leaving transit no better off under this argument.
It may be an argument to justify public spending on transit, but it doesn't say much about removing fares, which continue to have some positive impacts, just as do fees for roads.
