1. Despilfarro en Carreteras y Proyectos Hostiles al Peatón.
Existe una frustración generalizada por la continua inversión de grandes sumas de dinero en la ampliación de carreteras y proyectos de infraestructura hostiles, mientras se descuidan las necesidades de mantenimiento y las alternativas de transporte.
- Instead of buying road expansions, politicians should invest the money into public transportation infrastructure. Politicians need to prioritize people not cars. Politicians need to stop spending taxpayer funds on private transportation.
- America can ill afford to fritter away tax dollars on wasteful and damaging highway projects yet such projects are often first in line for public money.
- The answer to where are we going to get the money is obvious. Stop widening highways and stop trying to maintain old overbuilt car infrastructure.
- This is a colossal waste of money.
- What an absurd waste of money. New 20mph limit signs going up, including this 50 yard long cul-de-sac.
2. La Lucha por la Financiación Operacional y el Debate sobre las Tarifas.
Las agencias de tránsito enfrentan déficits crónicos y la escasez de fondos operativos, lo que lleva a recortes de servicio. El debate sobre la gratuidad del transporte público es prominente, con argumentos a favor de que ahorra dinero a los usuarios y reduce costos administrativos, aunque otros insisten en que esos fondos deberían usarse para mejorar la frecuencia y la calidad del servicio.
- Illinois public transit is about to run out of money. Were standing at the edge of a fiscal cliff. But we can still turn this around!
- It costs more money to process cash than it earns in income-- awesome. Sounds like public transit should probably be free.
- Ridership went up. Assaults on operators went down. And people saved money.
- This is a prime example of how mamdanis focus here misses the point entirely. Very very few peoples complaint about the bus is that it costs money. They want faster service, and more reliable service.
- Bart sf bay area outrageously expensive public transportation, and they are begging for money.
3. El Costo-Beneficio de la Infraestructura Ciclista y Peatonal.
La inversión en infraestructura para bicicletas y peatones es vista por muchos como una forma de ahorrar dinero a largo plazo, mejorar la salud pública y reducir la dependencia del automóvil. Sin embargo, estos proyectos a menudo son criticados como un "despilfarro" o son mal implementados, lo que genera resentimiento.
- Cutting essential and long overdue upgrades to cycling and transit infrastructure wont save taxpayers money.
- Bike lanes are a waste of money outside downtown!
- Bike lanes arent just for e-bikes you moron. And its about safety. Are you saying spending money on safety is wasteful?
- If citys went all-in on bikes they would save so much money. Bike infrastructure is so much cheaper to build maintain, bikes take up way less space, damage from collisions with lights and buildings etc.
- This specific cycle-lane is worse than tokenism. Tokenism is building substandard sh1te. This particular cycle-lane isnt needed at all. Itll generate hostility to projects that are needed. Its also a complete waste of money resources which could be spent elsewhere where its needed.
4. El Rol de las Multas y Cámaras de Velocidad.
Las cámaras de velocidad y las multas son un tema divisivo. Mientras algunos las ven como una herramienta efectiva para la seguridad vial y una fuente de ingresos para proyectos de seguridad, otros las denuncian como una "toma de dinero" (money grab) que penaliza injustamente a los conductores.
- Speed cameras are a money grab. Speed cameras only levy fines on people who are breaking laws which exist to try to prevent drivers from killing even more people than they already do. What the fuck is wrong with you?
- The majority of comments criticized the idea as a money-making scheme that would punish drivers without addressing dangerous behavior.
- Its been shown time and time again that the long-term effect of speed cameras is that people stop speeding. And when people stop speeding, the cameras stop generating money. To a rational person, they are about safety and not money.
- The only thing municipal speed cameras are 100 per cent effective at is taking money from hard-working people.
- If you dont want a ticket, dont speed! make drivers pay for license plate renewal, why should i have to pay to renew my drivers license for id purpose, while drivers get the freebie renewal! healthcare could benefit from this money.
5. La Perspectiva Económica del Transporte Público.
Se argumenta que el transporte público, al igual que las carreteras, es un servicio esencial que no debe medirse por su rentabilidad directa. La dependencia del automóvil se percibe como una carga financiera y de accesibilidad para muchas personas.
- They arent losing anything. It exists to provide a service, not to directly bring profit. It is vital infrastructure. When you spend money on road maintenance, you do not expect to get more money from the road itself.
- Car dependency is costly and inaccessible to many people.
- How much does maintaining a car cost? does that hurt people too? you have a bill on your laps that will save thousands of people a lot of money if you fully fund transit.
- It is not losing money to fund a public service, it is paying for the service. Thats what a society is. Do you want hospitals and roads to make money too?
- Americans increasingly cant afford their cars. We need to invest in fast, frequent, electric regional rail so that more people - especially in rapidly-growing, lower income areas like the inland empire and central valley - can save money by going car-free.