The problems you mentioned are policing and welfare problems, both things that America sucks at.
Or it becomes too expensive like in germany. Then it will suck too.
€58 a month for all local/regional public transport is very cheap.
Where I am, in another part of western Europe, a single-region ticket is normally ~30-50% more expensive than the all-of-Germany ticket.
It is subsidized. Through taxes you pay the full prize anyways. Just that someone else than you who decides, what do with your money, like subsidized public transport.
Or it becomes too expensive like in germany. Then it will suck too.
€58 a month for all local/regional public transport is very cheap.
Where I am, in another part of western Europe, a single-region ticket is normally ~30-50% more expensive than the all-of-Germany ticket.
It is subsidized. Through taxes you pay the full prize anyways. Just that someone else than you who decides, what do with your money, like subsidized public transport.