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“The reason most public transportation is seen as ‘losing’ money is precisely because it charges for trips. If you don't charge fares, suddenly it can't ‘lose’ money. It just costs money, the same as the roads.”

The only argument against removing prices from public transport I can see is, it encourages travel—at short range this is unobjectionable, but what about, say, intercity trains? Or international ones? Should longer—notionally, mostly discretionary—journeys also be free?