02-17-2016, 03:55 PM
I’m not sure it makes intuitive sense to me, either, but it’s not the opinion of the article’s author, no. It was the conclusion of the study the article concerned. Apparently, according to the findings of that study, there’s a big difference between offering two equal subsidies, and offering no subsidy at all. They agree with you that “some people” would take transit if their employer subsidized it to the same tune as parking, but that those some would be very few.