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I’m sympathetic to the idea that public transit should have means tested fares, but outright free is a bad idea. It costs something to provide, quite a bit actu
by bradleyjg 7y ago
I’m sympathetic to the idea that public transit should have means tested fares, but outright free is a bad idea. It costs something to provide, quite a bit actually, and has limited capacity so there needs to be some mechanism to gate access. Price, which forces users to consider trade-offs, is the most straightforward way to do so.
- CapacitorSet 7y agoGates access to whom? Trade-offs in favour of what? Introducing a fixed price gates the poor the most (eg. a wealthy individual can afford to spend a couple hundred pounds on a yearly subscription without much thought), and often incentivises trade-offs in favour of individual transportation (i.e. cars), which is less desirable in terms of pollution and traffic.
- purple_ducks 7y ago> a fixed price gates the poor the most The poor already get free travel. As do pensioners.
- DanBC 7y agoHow do poor people in the UK get free travel please?