Willie, it's $15 plus in Dallas.
Speaking of phoney numbers, I notice you didn't post a rebuttal showing a rail system that wasn't subsidized, now did you?
The phoney numbers are all on the transit advocates' side. And the taxpayers are getting hosed.
Here's one for you:
Public transit becoming part of Vegas experience
So many passengers pay their $2 fares to ride public buses round-the-clock on the congested Strip that the bus route turns a profit --
And when the Las Vegas Monorail, the nation's first monorail built as a public transit project and funded by private industry, begins gliding along a 4-mile Strip route in a couple of years, even more Vegas visitors will be turning to transit.
As far as other communities who CHOOSE to subsidize their public transit service, I have no problems with that. Although I would prefer seeing service funded by fares as much as possible, I've also repeatedly stated the benefits communities recieve for providing such subsidies. Sure, there are many local systems that are poorly planned and operated ineffectively. Transit systems require continuous monitoring and adjustment of routes/schedules to provide optimum service. But I don't allow the bogus figures of anti-transit obstructionists skew my judgement that mass-transit is a vital component of our nations transportation infrastructure.