"The biggest areas for transit are in the terrorist areas," Mr. Banga said.
"The benefits of transit are worth the subsidy," Mr. Motavalli said.
Unfortunately, the chances of being able to see such a transit are rather small.
Passengers in transit are screened, as well as people entering Hong Kong to stay.
Local sales taxes and special assessments within districts where the benefits of transit are focused are logical sources.
Given the demoralizing inefficiency of the transit system, riders who depend on mass transit are often forced to take taxis.
"Car travel and mass transit are two halves of a whole, the yin and yang of traffic," Mr. Kheel wrote in The Daily News in 2008.
Cars and mass transit are both here to stay, but neither one is the best possible answer to the important travel needs of today's cities.
THE much-discussed fare increases and service cuts for mass transit are meant to ease the pressures on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's daily operating budget.
But longer waits and longer commutes and dirtier trains and much higher fares for millions of people who depend on public transit are more so.
The association said that 58percentt of the people who take mass transit are going to work, so higher unemployment numbers could result in some ridership shrinkage.
