Well, it's an issue of double standards.
Nobody expects highways to make money or break even. Suggesting that a road have tolls is the quickest way to lose. However, transit is put in another group, for some reason.
Nobody expects highways to make money or break even. Suggesting that a road have tolls is the quickest way to lose. However, transit is put in another group, for some reason.
The NY State Thruway, the tolled highway that crosses the entire state, is entirely self-funded by tolls:
https://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/2022/03/28/tolls-not-tax...
Where I'm from, in New Zealand, roads are paid for from a budget that is funded primarily by fuel taxes and road user charges. So what you've said is not a universal truth.