> b) constantly subsidise a system that will keep on losing money
If you take into account the total cost of car ownership you will see that also is heavily subsidized. From car production to roads, parking spaces, oil production... if the accounting is done properly it is obvious that when you make 100 people travel all together in the same vehicle it is a lot cheaper that using 100 different machines to move that same 100 people. Cost wise it is a no-brainier.
I agree with you that lack of political will, and also suburban landscape, are going to make it very difficult for it to happen in the USA.
If you take into account the total cost of car ownership you will see that also is heavily subsidized. From car production to roads, parking spaces, oil production... if the accounting is done properly it is obvious that when you make 100 people travel all together in the same vehicle it is a lot cheaper that using 100 different machines to move that same 100 people. Cost wise it is a no-brainier.
I agree with you that lack of political will, and also suburban landscape, are going to make it very difficult for it to happen in the USA.