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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Mon Jun 24 03:31:49 2019, in response to Re: Luxembourg Becomes First Country to Make All Public Transit Free, posted by BrooklynTrain on Sun Jun 23 16:52:23 2019. NY already subsidizes mass transit (especially the LIRR and Metro North).The NTD provides the data to quickly determine operating subsidies (excess of operating expenses over fares). I've included various operating agencies and the mode (FB - ferry boat, MB - motor bus, HR - heavy rail, CR - commuter rail, CB - commuter bus, LR - LRT, RB - BRT). I was surprised how much buses are subsidized over rail. I included Houston because its bus network redesign is the poster child for a "bus turnaround". The operating subsidy for MN and the LIRR over NYC is somewhat questionable, when it's computed on a per passenger-mile basis. It's much less than the bus subsidies. Also, DeBlasio's East River ferry services are not out of line with other modes. The unfavorable press and goo-goos have looked at the per trip subsidy, rather than the per mile subsidy. They have also ignored the subsidy for buses. Agency,Mode,Subsidy per unlinked trip,Subsidy per pass-mile New York City Economic Development Corporation,FB,$8.14,$2.02 MTA Bus Company,MB,$4.87,$1.72 MTA Long Island Rail Road,CR,$6.07,$0.21 MTA Staten Island Railway,HR,$7.48,$1.20 Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation,HR,$2.50,$0.59 MTA Metro-North Railroad,CR,$5.59,$0.21 MTA New York City Transit,CB,$11.79,$0.94 MTA New York City Transit,HR,$0.48,$0.12 MTA New York City Transit,MB,$2.40,$1.14 MTA New York City Transit,RB,$2.07,$1.12 Nassau Inter County Express,MB,$2.57,$0.45 New Jersey Transit Corporation,CR,$4.43,$0.19 New Jersey Transit Corporation,MB,$3.11,$0.42 Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Texas,CB,$4.48,$0.24 Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Texas,MB,$5.30,$1.08 Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Texas,LR,$3.23,$1.15 |
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