This is not true. Both the London Underground and the Tokyo metro system have >100% Farebox recovery ratio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farebox_recovery_ratio
There are reasonable discussions to be had about what the “ideal” ratio should be, but self funded is sometimes possible.
greenlambda t1_jcnxk2j wrote
Reply to comment by Die-Nacht in NYC Subway Fare over last 120 years adjusted for inflation by dust1990
This is not true. Both the London Underground and the Tokyo metro system have >100% Farebox recovery ratio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farebox_recovery_ratio There are reasonable discussions to be had about what the “ideal” ratio should be, but self funded is sometimes possible.