6 ms·
The report says "None of those fees should be charged, the task force said, until repairs are made to the public transit system." so it wouldn't be like they'd
by yipbub 9y ago
The report says "None of those fees should be charged, the task force said, until repairs are made to the public transit system." so it wouldn't be like they'd be "surge charging" a necessity like schools.
- lazerpants 9y agoTrue. Going into a little bit more detail of what I mentioned though, all of the high demand schools I know of have other nearby schools that are in low demand. Typically, the high demand school is in a wealthy neighborhood (let's say Brooklyn Heights), and the low demand school is in a bordering poorer neighborhood (Vinegar Hill). So, the city would not be surge charging for a necessity, just a preference for a high demand school. Likewise, most people would prefer to drive if they could, but the physical limitations of the system require that most people take public transport.
- TuringK 9y ago>> just a preference for a high demand school Sometimes this is also a preference for safety, as I learned attending k-12 in NYC. And sometimes the safety isnt a result of bad students, but a result of the entire system just allocating more resources to some schools over others.
- dr_ 9y agoIt also indicates a timeline, where cars would have to pay by 2020. The public transit system cannot be fixed in 2 years.