Local Rail Systems Fare to Expense Ratio: Chart

From The Wall Street Journal, "Funding Battle Looms for New York’s Subway, Buses, Bridges: Fare and Toll Increases by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority Could be Overshadowed by a Battle Over Overall Transit Funding Next Year" by Andrew Tangel:

Riders of the New York City subway, the nation’s largest mass transit network, last year shouldered 63.6% of the system’s $4.8 billion in operating costs, the third-highest so-called farebox recovery ratio for such U.S. systems, according to Federal Transit Administration data.

Source: The Wall Street Journal