As it turns out it doesn’t actually cost that much on regular transit, there’s an AIRPORT SURCHARGE because it’s an “airport train”.
No wonder Americans don’t use public transit, even when the system exists it’s ridiculously difficult and expensive to use.
Yeah, roads are insanely expensive, we’d live in a very different world if they weren’t free to use for everyone in most countries and all the money that wouldn’t have ended up in road maintenance (because usage costs of heavy trucks wouldn’t make them cost effective) went to rail and shipping. And let’s not even count the insane networks of high speed roads that most rich countries built after 1945 that cost trillions of dollars globally.
Some parts of the US have toll roads for most of the major highways