There’s lots of profit in building infrastructure. There’s little profit in finishing it. That’s why in US or UK you get endless construction projects that cost billions but never deliver anything useful.
Car infrastructure has lower up-front costs, but much higher lifetime costs than rail. That’s the real profit making scheme here. That, plus you have to buy a car to opt-in, which is a major expense and one that has to be made every 5-15 years.
There’s lots of profit in building infrastructure. There’s little profit in finishing it. That’s why in US or UK you get endless construction projects that cost billions but never deliver anything useful.
Car infrastructure has lower up-front costs, but much higher lifetime costs than rail. That’s the real profit making scheme here. That, plus you have to buy a car to opt-in, which is a major expense and one that has to be made every 5-15 years.
Good news I almost paid mine off just in time for it to be worthless, I think I had 1.9% at 72 months.