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The flat fare is actually more progressive when it comes to transportation. In a large city, poor people generally have to travel further for work, so a distan
by tallanvor 7y ago
The flat fare is actually more progressive when it comes to transportation. In a large city, poor people generally have to travel further for work, so a distance-based fare hits them harder.
- gambiting 7y agoBut.....they also use the system more, yet pay the same as someone who uses the system less. That's not fair either, surely.
- mattmanser 7y agoDepends on what you mean by fair. You might ask why should they have to pay a much higher percentage of their income to commute?
- gambiting 7y agoWell, perhaps both approaches are unfair. Perhaps you cannot have a system that's perfectly fair for everyone. That's not to say that you shouldn't try.
- jddj 7y agoI found it amazing how far a single "trip" (~US$1) on the Barcelona public transport could take you. What a great way to generally enable the people living in the smaller towns around the city, and keep the towns themselves alive.
- codyb 7y agoYea as a NYC resident who travels to SF I’m always amazed at the cost of the BART system. Seems super shitty for low wage workers traveling long distances. And it adds up so quick, with no unlimited option. I guess it’d be like taking the Metro North or LIRR to work everyday but it still seems like a lot of money to me.
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