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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by dangus on Sunday December 28, 2025 @08:40AM (#46411022)
> I got the idea when they were building it in Houston that a large bit of the Metro system is geared toward transporting people in lower-income areas who can't afford cars, so they can gain employment downtown and in the med center.

This is how most US cities view public transit: poor people only.

Only a handful of US cities treat it as something that everyone uses, places like NYC, Chicago, DC, and Boston.

Houston should have an equivalent to the Metra or MBTA commuter rail.

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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by SoftTalker on Sunday December 28, 2025 @02:39PM (#46413767)
It works in NYC and Chicago because owning a car there is frightfully expensive even if you're middle-class. Parking costs, city fees, higher gas taxes, higher insurance, and massive rush hour congestion all make owning a car unattractive.
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