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Originally Posted by austin242
In that case we should start abandoning highways and roads in the suburban/rural areas because it's the people in the cities subsidizing and paying for them.
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Most country roads in most of the rural areas are dirt or gravel roads. They are paved with local money. The paved highways in rural areas were not built for them as much as they were built for truckers or the trucking industry, who happen to be the means to get your food to your local supermarket.
Bon Appetit!
Never-the-less, Portland is not rural. It is a large city. There are plenty of transit riders who could afford paying higher fares.
Portland Max Adult light rail fares are:
$2.50 Ride for 2½ hours
$5 in a day with a Day Pass
$100 in a calendar month with a Month Pass
Honored Citizen (Youths, Seniors, Low Income)
$1.25 Ride for 2½ hours
$2.50 in a day with a Day Pass
$28 in a calendar month with a Month Pass
Meanwhile, in transit heaven of London, UK Underground transit fares are:
Zones Travelled Single Journey Ticket - Oyster / Contactless Payment Card~
Adult Child - Peak Off Peak
Zone 1 £4.90 £2.40 £2.40 £2.40
Zone 1 & 2 £4.90 £2.40 £2.90 £2.40
Zone 1 to 3 £4.90 £2.40 £3.30 £2.80
Zone 1 to 4 £5.90 £2.90 £3.90 £2.80
Zone 1 to 5 £5.90 £2.90 £4.70 £3.10
Zone 1 to 6 £6.00 £3.00 £5.10 £3.10
Zone 2 to 6 £5.90 £2.90 £2.80 £1.50
Just about everyone uses an Oyster Card because the fares could be up to half priced with them.
There are no Day Passes or Month Passes. They use zones with higher fares per number of zones crossed.
The highest potential fare with the card is £5.10, the equivalent of $6.66 at present exchange rates.
A round trip would be $13.32 per day. For a 20 workday month, that would be $266.40
$266 a month in London compared to $28 or $100 in Portland. And you wonder why America has such poor transit services nationally?