Oh you’re right! Even when Singapore is such a tiny country compared to Mexico, it makes like 10 times per capita higher, although in total Mexico makes about three times more GDP. So it totally makes sense that locally they should have much better standards of living, communication and transportation.
But looks like the metro fares are the same, both around 0.01 to 0.03% GDP. In the USA fare is closer to 0.05% relative to GDP. For me, north of seattle my hybrid car is much less expensive and quicker to use than public transport. However in Seattle city proper using a car is extremely stupid. There’s too much traffic and clearly no parking. Plus the bus and light rail are easy to reach. Yet somehow every morning the freeway into Seattle is packed to the rim. Housing near jobs is too expensive. So people trade housing for ease of mobility.
Oh you’re right! Even when Singapore is such a tiny country compared to Mexico, it makes like 10 times per capita higher, although in total Mexico makes about three times more GDP. So it totally makes sense that locally they should have much better standards of living, communication and transportation.
But looks like the metro fares are the same, both around 0.01 to 0.03% GDP. In the USA fare is closer to 0.05% relative to GDP. For me, north of seattle my hybrid car is much less expensive and quicker to use than public transport. However in Seattle city proper using a car is extremely stupid. There’s too much traffic and clearly no parking. Plus the bus and light rail are easy to reach. Yet somehow every morning the freeway into Seattle is packed to the rim. Housing near jobs is too expensive. So people trade housing for ease of mobility.