I would strike a deal in the middle, where the expansion and contraction of the services is based on the need to the people in the area. So the fair should reflect this completely and not be a burden on the taxpayers. The same would go with people who drive on the roads that they should pay for the appropriate amount to be able to drive so much higher, probably collected through the yearly or monthly registration of the vehicle. This way, people make decisions based on the economy that they can afford and want to use and the rest of the taxpayers are not affected.
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That’s fair. I wonder if framing it as, given roads and public transport infrastructure are a monopoly of the state, and no private infrastructure can really be built for mass public use (with very limited exceptions, toll bridges, tunnels etc), is the state’s obligation here to reap the highest reward for the tax payer by incentivising the most productive use of the infrastructure with the least cost?
Or does that just lead back to letting individuals make their own appropriate economic choice is best?