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LinkPizza posted...

Fares also wont get us much. The fares they currently get is not even enough to run the bus station. Its currently needs the city to keep paying it constantly They dont actually seem to make a profit Like at all And lots of people can get reduced bud fare in most cases. Like children, the elderly, and college students. They also might have a military thing, as well And most people who ride the buses everyday get the month pass thing. You pay a pretty cheap price and get a month pass that you can use for like 31 days or something. Its to help out, and its probably the only things this city does right. But that also means that fares, which are already low, would probably stay low, and not offset any cost And the front-end cost would end up being a ton to change a whole city around to be public transport friendly And thats not even getting in the amount of money the bus station would need for more buses, fuel, and literally everything else they need. And more space for everything

roads and personal vehicles don't make profit either. they're notoriously expensive.

As for space, I don't think you realize how much space within cities is dedicated to parking. Sometimes over half of all space. Even if you make more space for bus depots, you come out ahead by greatly reducing parking.

It costs so much to build and maintain extensive car infrastructure that it can save cities money to operate alternative modes 'at a loss' because it gets people out of cars.

And parking lots bring in very little tax revenue to the city. Replace parking with residences or business and voila, your city isn't insolvent any more.