Not really - they are paying a lot for their car and want transit riders to take more of the share of the transit costs. If they gain more from free transit than they cost is a complex subject.

They may also understand that transit is expensive and for most the cost of transit isn't why they wouldn't ride in the first place and so free transit won't make much a difference. Meanwhile charging for transit and also giving transit the money that free transit would cost would give enough money that better service could be provided and poor service (for the individual trip) is why most people don't ride transit. (though NYC transit spends far more on better service than it should so who knows)