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An honor system is great if you want to run a free transit system. Every honor system train I've encountered soon devolves into a case of 90% or more of passeng
by brewdad 4y ago
An honor system is great if you want to run a free transit system. Every honor system train I've encountered soon devolves into a case of 90% or more of passengers simply not paying. That's fine if that's the goal but it's no way to run a system where fares are expected to fund it in any meaningful way.
- jltsiren 4y agoI find that a useful test. If an honor system doesn't work, it's probably not a society I want to live in. In Helsinki, local trains, trams, and the metro have used an honor system as long as I can remember. According to the estimates I've seen, only 3-5% of people don't pay.
- mvdwoord 4y agoThis! When I lived in Munich, my dad visited and on one of our U-Bahn trips he mentioned how easy it is to travel without paying as there are no barriers anywhere. I replied that it is also ridiculously easy to actually pay for your trip, and the prices are fair was well. Yay for the honor system! It was a delight using public transport there, and every metro or tram stop had a working ticketing machine with multiple options, accepting both cash and cards. In contrast to many other places. Getting rid of the paper cards in Paris seems premature, if I read about the current alternatives, or lack thereof.
- _visgean 4y agoin prague a lot of tourists don't pay. I think sometimes its because they dont care and sometimes because it is inconvinient / they dont know how etc. Also the paper tickets have an expiry so it is easy to forgot about that. Making paying as convinient as possible is imho the best way to increase revenue from public transportation...