Walt Disney World has significantly better transit than most cities in the US.
Its 12-train-set monorail, 325 buses would make it the 16th most ridden transit system in the nation.
America's fantasy world, it turns out, is a place you can get around without getting into a car. π§΅
@mbrailer which makes me ask βwhy not?β Tax revenue is tax revenue. Keeping people in the area means more money for businesses and higher property values.
@twipped @Karstan @straphanger I don't think the WDW transportation system is funded by taxes. While the roads are maintained by the special taxing district*, the buses, boats, monorails and sky gondolas are operated by WDW itself.
WDW runs them at a loss because doing so helps the resort monopolize tourists' time. Most mass transit systems don't have that advantage, because taxpayers hate subsidizing things they don't use.
(* and WDW is the largest taxpayer in the district.)
@crashglasshouses @straphanger Agreed! I believe that's the underlying premise to the point being made by OP. People are willing to pay a lot of money to access this place that has this kind of transport.
And what I was intending to imply with my tongue-in-cheek joke is that Disney has a financial incentive to implement the most cost effective and efficient transportation in their private little fiefdom. They could have chosen something like golf-carts for everyone on little highways.
i wonder if the people who said "let's build trains" at Disney World first thought "we could have themed golf carts running on a track all over... wait, that's a train, let's just build trains."
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