Farebox recovery ratio

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the farebox recovery ratio of a passenger transportation system is the proportion of the amount of revenue generated by its paying customers as a fraction of the cost of its total operating expenses.

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	Funding for public transport systems is generally some combination of government subsidy and fare collections, though a few systems are run as unsubsidized commercial enterprises or are entirely paid for by governments.
	The percentage of revenue from passenger charges is known as the farebox recovery ratio.
	Transit systems earn incidental revenue from advertising, parking fees, leasing space to shops and vendors, and lately, leasing their tunnels and rights-of-way to carry fiber optic communication lines.

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