Is the Montreal Metro Profitable? (2017)
Any implication that public transition <i>should</i> be profitable is pernicious.<p>If you look at a system like BART or the New York subway system, the system provides value for the whole of the city and so everyone, notably employers, should pay for it.<p>I think Strong Towns were the ones who noted that transit system expected to &quot;pull their weight&quot; get cut in every budget crunch and finally being gutted to total uselessness.<p>It should simply be expected a public transit should be paid from state in one form or another.