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[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think you have that backward, even accepting the idea that profitability is an important metric. If a rail line is not used it is not profitable.

[-] theUwUhugger@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

Which part of the

I don’t think public transportation needs to be profitable at all

is misunderstandable? I used profitibility as a metric of usage as trains, especially high speed ones meant to transport a fuck ton of people; which I also wrote down

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