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Re:In Colorado, an Ambitious New Highway Policy Is Not Build... by thriftwy on Saturday June 01, 2024 @04:40PM (#40548907)
Once you realize the sheer amount of commerce and business that is enabled by a decent metro system you see that they pay for itself several times over.

That's even easier to measure because these gains are localized.

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Re:In Colorado, an Ambitious New Highway Policy Is Not Build... by akira2501 on Saturday June 01, 2024 @04:47PM (#40548946)
Right. So let's have both! You can't replace the capabilities of roads with metro and you can't replace the convenience of a metro with roads.

Specifically, though, viewing roads or metro as a "loss leader" is probably an inappropriate analysis.

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