It really depends.  Many large metro systems in Asia do better than 100% farebox recovery.  Europe hovers between 30 to 60%.  In the US anything above 35% is pretty remarkable -and there are a few over 50% but not many.  Most recover less than 30% from their boxfare.  And that&#x27;s mostly due to being too &quot;diluted&quot;.  You have lines in suburban-like areas who cannot sustain the lines via ridership.<p>I&#x27;m a fan of public transit I love punctual, clean, timely, dependable mass transit, but I realize it may not be the best answer for agglomerations like we have in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties in the Bay area or Dallas-Ft Worth, TX.