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In Seattle, the inner-city busses have zero fare. The trouble is that some of our more fragrant hobos use the bus as a rolling shelter to the detriment of those
by benjohnson 13y ago
In Seattle, the inner-city busses have zero fare. The trouble is that some of our more fragrant hobos use the bus as a rolling shelter to the detriment of those that appreciate bathing.
- blackjack48 13y agoThey discontinued the free ride zone: http://metro.kingcounty.gov/tops/bus/ride-free-area/index.html http://metro.kingcounty.gov/tops/bus/ride-free-area/index.ht...
- mratzloff 13y agoSpecifically because of the problem mentioned, in fact.
- saraid216 13y agoThat's not actually true. The Free-Ride Zone was discontinued due to budget problems.
- MostAwesomeDude 13y agoPortland, Oregon also discontinued the "Fareless Square" free downtown transit because of this.
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- nijk 13y agoOf course, the fix for that is to police the offending begavior, not tweak some vague correlate.
- GFischer 13y agoThey tried it here in Uruguay, happened the same, and also the "Ni-Ni" youth (neither work nor study youth, a huge problem here) used them as amusement rides.