In reply #36, Publius stated: "San Diego, Calgary and Portland have been hugely successful."
In #39, WOSG replied: "I showed average of only 30% recovery from user fees, that's quite poor."
Truth: source link provide by WOSG in reply #26, referencing "Figure 10" lists "Operating Cost Covered by Fares" as 47.1% for Portland and 69.0% for San Diego.
Publius awarded 2 points out of 3.
No points awarded for Calgary either way, as it is not a U.S. city and U.S. federal involvement is not applicable. (At least I HOPE we're not financing Canadian mass transit, but you never know. Gotta take care of things here at home first!)