Funding roads (taxes, user fees etc)

[ijmorlan]

With that reasoning then we have 0% cost recovery on bike lanes as well which are part of those roads!

That is correct, although I wouldn’t use the word “reasoning” — it’s really just a direct observation, not the conclusion of some sort of chain of evidence and argument.

My real point is that people who complain about the cost recovery ratio of public transit but don’t even notice that roads are expensive and are (mostly) not tolled are not worthy of consideration. There is a wide range of legitimate opinion on how transportation costs should be paid, but the idea that public transit is an unjustified benefit to a bunch of moochers while roads are just the triumph of the free market is not valid.

Although now that you mention it, there are also people who whine about the supposed expense of providing bicycle lanes (freeloading bicyclists), but those same people would probably have conniptions if you suggested that maybe we should consider having some sort of road use fee or congestion charge.