Without government subsidies almost all public transit systems would not survive. Anyone that claims otherwise is not being honest. It’s another redistribution of wealth. From affluent burb and rural dwellers to low income urban dwellers.
Once the government gets involved they overpay employees Because they don’t have to show profit.
It’s worse than that. In Chicago if our Chicago Transit Authority abandons a bus line, no one can replace them. A private bus service is illegal.
One self-driving cars arrive, public transit is over.