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It would be an interesting experiment to have a mass-market transit system priced based on demand. If a ride at 9am cost twice as much as a ride at 10am or 8am
by notatoad 13y ago
It would be an interesting experiment to have a mass-market transit system priced based on demand. If a ride at 9am cost twice as much as a ride at 10am or 8am, would we start seeing a more companies offering flexible hours or varying their hours to take advantage of cheaper commutes?
- jzwinck 13y agoThis is being done on Singapore's "subway" (MRT) system now: if you exit by 7:45 AM, your ride is free. http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltaweb/en/public-transport/mrt-and-lrt-trains/travel-smart.html http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltaweb/en/public-transport/mrt... And something similar on Singapore's roads too: tolls vary by time of day. http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltaweb/en/roads-and-motoring/managing-traffic-and-congestion/electronic-road-pricing-erp.html http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltaweb/en/roads-and-motoring/m... Finally, taxis have a pricing feature common in many places: a surcharge for certain times of day (can be peak times, can be nighttime...).
- eru 13y agoIf you ask me, they should raise prices on the MRT during rush hour, instead of just lowering prices in early the morning. But that's just me. The normal price to get to work on the MRT is less than 1 USD. So the difference between that and free isn't worth it for me to alter my schedule. Less well off people might be more influenced, and raising prices might be politically infeasible. (And I usually ride my bicycle to work anyway.)
- tesseractive 13y agoKing County Metro definitely has peak and non-peak fares. I don't think that's all that unusual. Also, it's not a mass transit system, but the 520 Toll Bridge in Seattle uses this to price tolls. It was the first time I'd seen this, but perhaps there are other places where tolls operate similarly?