Fare capping can be used to offer free rides for the rest of the day, week, or month once you’ve paid the equivalent of a daily/weekly/monthly pass. Free trans

Fare capping can be used to offer free rides for the rest of the day, week, or month once you’ve paid the equivalent of a daily/weekly/monthly pass. Free transit sounds nice but I would rather have better transit. If a transit system sucks and a low income person has to buy a car that’s a sign it needs to be improved not made free at the point of use (confirming it’s an inferior good). Waiving all fares deprives the agency of funding needed to keep frequency high and therefore waiting times low, extend service late into the night, maintain cleanliness and safety, etc. eliminating fares invites pathologies like people residing in the vehicle or station.