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Barbingtoday at 4:58 AM1 replyview on HN

Blew my mind when I learned that about Caltrain. I thought tickets felt a little expensive, then I learned what it really should cost.

You know subsidy per train passenger mile?


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tristanjtoday at 5:15 AM

Yeah I was shocked as well when I learned about the financials. I'll the subsidy per passenger mile to the table as well.

I remember talking to a VC a few years back, and he vehemently explained why he will never ever fund companies related to public transit, for this reason. Public transit was one of the two sectors he would not invest in (the other being materials science).

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