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Easy solution privatize all roads. No need to pay subsidies to drivers…

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My last city was always quick to point out that the (poor) bus service was not profitable and didn’t warrant any new investment.

But, the entire road system isn’t profitable. Especially the cul-de-sac in front of your house. But we all agreed it was “worth it” for our taxes to fund thatq because of the obvious benefits of getting goods and people around the city.

Transit should be no different. A service we pay for through our taxes. Not a profit seeking business.

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  • Henri Lefebvre, The Right to the City — In brief, the right to the city is the right to the production of a city. The labor of a worker is the source of most of the value of a commodity that is expropriated by the owner. The worker, therefore, has a right to benefit from that value denied to them. In the same way, the urban citizen produces and reproduces the city through their own daily actions. However, the the city is expropriated from the urbanite by the rich and the state. The right to the city is therefore the right to appropriate the city by and for those who make and remake it.

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