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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by kasey_junk on Monday December 16, 2019 @05:32PM (#21808143)
I’m not disagreeing with your broader point but none of those studies account for space utilization issues. Transit uses space better due to lack of parking and more density per track.

No idea how that impacts the actual dollar numbers but it’s worth noting.

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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by peteey on Monday December 16, 2019 @10:43PM (#21810318)
Loss of life impacts the dollar amount.

Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death for young people. Of which, motor vehicle accident is the leading cause. It takes second place after age 25 due to overdoses. Young people have the most life left to live.

https://www.cdc.gov/injury/images/lc-charts/leading_causes_o...

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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by weberc2 on Monday December 16, 2019 @09:10PM (#21809802)
The cost per passenger per mile is two orders of magnitude lower for roads than for public transit; I can’t imagine parking space accounting for that.
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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by greglindahl on Monday December 16, 2019 @09:43PM (#21810028)
What is the cost on the road when the road is full and can’t be expanded? Lots of urban areas in the US have this problem.
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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by kasey_junk on Monday December 16, 2019 @09:12PM (#21809814)
Parking space and the tracks/roads/right of ways themselves?

I don’t expect it brings them to parity but I expect it’s non-trivial.

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