Re: shuttle disaster
Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org> writes:
> On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 11:24:41PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > How much are the city/state/feds subsidizing TriMet?
>
> Right now, about half. Normally, nearly nothing or less. TriMet only
> goes net-loss and extra subsidy when it's building new rail lines, but
> usually makes headway for a year after that to then break roughly
> even. Yellow Line is expected to open in May, IIRC.
>
To add to that, how much of the US Interstate Highway system is
currently subsidized by city/state/fed governments?
To answer my own question, I believe the figure is pretty close to
100% (correct me if I'm wrong). What's more, I believe less than half
of the funding comes from fuel taxes.
Does this make the Interstate Highway system a failure that should be
done away with?
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