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They also cost 2-7x the cost to ride The average BART fare is $3.96 and that's average, it can go up to double that of you go a long distance. A get you anywh
by iancmceachern 3y ago
They also cost 2-7x the cost to ride
The average BART fare is $3.96 and that's average, it can go up to double that of you go a long distance.
A get you anywhere in the system ticket on the Paris Metro is 2.10 euros/2.34 USD.
London is a bit more, it's 3.5 pounds/4.6 usd
Tokyo looks cheaper
New York is 2.90.
I think it's just the bay area that's particularly expensive here. Suprise.
- xhkkffbf 3y agoMany of the Metro rides in DC are $5 or more. Some people are saying that it's cheaper to drive to work and pay for parking -- something that is also jamming the roads. One study found that drive times are 20% longer than before COVID -- and that's despite the fact that many are working from home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/09/22/dc-commute-cars-traffic-metro/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/09/22/dc-...
- Schiendelman 3y agoPeople are afraid to be an early victim of the next pandemic - so lots of people who were on transit before covid are driving today. In Seattle I think we have more car commuters to downtown now than we did in 2019 with far fewer in the office - because in 2019 less than half of downtown workers drove alone.
- inferiorhuman 3y agoBART's a bad example of pretty much everything. In terms of fares the price per mile goes down the longer you ride while the price to run that service goes up. Most of BART's ridership is between San Francisco and Oakland, which is what the most recent service cuts targeted. The suburbanites that see their fares subsidized by the urban riders got service increases. Go figure.
- iancmceachern 3y ago>BART'S a bad example... Totally, and with the stabbings, not good. They had 2 in 48 hours at one point.