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I wonder if we couldn't have a "business class" option. When I took Muni in SF every day I'd have happily paid a little extra for some more comfort and less lik
by ajmurmann 9y ago
I wonder if we couldn't have a "business class" option. When I took Muni in SF every day I'd have happily paid a little extra for some more comfort and less likelihood of a homeless person who smells like urine nearby. That money could even be used to subsidize the economy tickets. Maybe it might even work out that we could have a freemium model.
- jon-wood 9y agoThere’s little that irritates me more about my local trains than the fact every one of them has ~20% of carriages dedicated to first class at a huge markup. If they had capacity I’d be fine, but what happens is that you have people standing for a 2 hour journey while there’s empty seats that they’re not allowed to go and sit on.
- ajmurmann 9y agoI don't think my suggestion is appropriate everywhere. I do think it would work well in a place like San Francisco. I also think it would need to be physically secured so that you can only get in with a valid ticket otherwise you are going to keep pleasant, but poor people out and crazy people who she'll like urine would ignore the restrictions.
- RadioAndrea 9y agoJR does this with many of their trains. There are green cars that you can get a special pass for at the station platform. I would only buy it for long trips by train, for general commuting I think it's a little unnecessary. That said JR is cheaper than the BART and MUNI but doesn't seem to have many undesirable carriage companions.