Answers are grounded in this paper and cite their sources.
Urban transit subsidies are needed to enhance the mobility of the poor and the physically handicapped whose relative mobility has been steadily decreasing. Analysis of the overall transit situation suggests that such subsidies should be specifically tailored to needy individuals rather than to transit companies. Transportation user charges, including highway user tax payments, offer one logical source for subsidies.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Alan Altshuler (1969) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 10 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: