Once again for the people at the back. The purpose of public transport is to transport the public. Making money from doing so is a secondary purpose at best.

Noone talks about the profitability of the motorway network. So why do we do the same for public transport?

@quixoticgeek Hate to tell you this, but they are. It's not big right now, the folks saying it are getting thrown out of council meetings, but eventually somebody will let them stay.