It boosts economic opportunity and social mobility. It’s good for the environment. So why do we charge people to use it? The short answer: it’s complicated. Also: We talk to the man who gets half the nation’s mass-transit riders where they want to go (most of the time).
SOURCES:
Marcus Finbom), traffic planner in Stockholm, Sweden.
Robbie Makinen), former president and C.E.O. of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority.
Janno Lieber), chair and C.E.O. of the M.T.A. in New York City.
Brian Taylor), professor of urban planning and public policy and director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at U.C.L.A.
Shashi Verma), director of strategy and C.T.O. at Transport for London.