Editing Subsidy (section)

===Transport subsidies===
Some governments subsidise transport, especially rail and bus transport, which decrease congestion and pollution compared to cars. In the EU, [[rail subsidies]] are around €73 billion, and Chinese subsidies reach $130 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/technical_report_2007_3/download |title=EU Technical Report 2007 |access-date=2016-03-23 |archive-date=2021-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206193133/https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/technical_report_2007_3/download |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-05/china-to-invest-128-billion-in-rail-expand-global-market-share|title=China to Invest $128 Billion in Rail, Push for Global Share|website=[[Bloomberg News]]|date=5 March 2015|access-date=2017-03-11|archive-date=2017-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324083514/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-05/china-to-invest-128-billion-in-rail-expand-global-market-share|url-status=live}}</ref>

Publicly owned airports can be an indirect subsidy if they lose money. The European Union, for instance, criticizes Germany for its high number of money-losing airports that are used primarily by [[low cost carrier]]s, characterizing the arrangement as an illegal subsidy.{{Citation needed|date=November 2017}}

In many countries, roads and highways are paid for through general revenue, rather than tolls or other dedicated sources that are paid only by road users, creating an indirect subsidy for road transportation. The fact that long-distance buses in Germany do not pay tolls has been called an indirect subsidy by critics, who point to track access charges for railways.