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That's not an inherent problem of public transit. It's just a symptom of failing to take care of poor people in your society. Try taking public transit in a civilized country like Germany or Japan.
We don't have this problem in New York. From an outside perspective at least San Francisco seems to be a uniquely fucked up place in this department.
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The issue is that America funds cities poorly. There is a federal subsidy from cities that goes to rural areas. Red areas get more back in services than they pay in taxes, and blue areas pay out more in taxes than they get back. So cities have to raise funding somehow. (This is also a problem with the way America funds schools. The US needs to figure out how to distribute tax dollars more equally - or at least figure…
Meg McArdle recently wrote a piece with some pretty convincing evidence that this is just factually untrue on a per capita basis. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-02-05/think-car...
https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1017590957984735232
There are some worth reading, like Will Wilkinson, J Rubin, and T Nichols. But they're few and far between.
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Why do you think that's something any of those employees desire? They make significantly more money, have more benefits, and likely work fewer hours than any union employees in the US. Additionally, unions in the US tend to base pay on seniority rather than any kind of merit, which is a huge turn-off for ambitious people.
You realize actors work in a union?