That's the argument Mamdani makes to argue to make busses free. Taking the payment away would produce a lot more of reliability. Over here in my European town

That's the argument Mamdani makes to argue to make busses free. Taking the payment away would produce a lot more of reliability. Over here in my European town this isn't an issue as we have a "trust based system" where tickets are only checked infrequently by spot inspections on the running bus and most people have a monthly pass. So it's just hop on and off.