Not going far enough. Since public transport is heavily subsidised anyway, get rid of the extra expenses of creating, printing, managing, and checking tickets. Make it free. The extra cost will be covered several times over by less car traffic, meaning fewer accidents, less wasted commute time, less money to expand roads etc.

Not going far enough. Since public transport is heavily subsidised anyway, get rid of the extra expenses of creating, printing, managing, and checking tickets. Make it free. The extra cost will be covered several times over by less car traffic, meaning fewer accidents, less wasted commute time, less money to expand roads etc.

I know, I know. Pinkie commie babbling. Let's not let common sense get in the way of our God-given right to pay for everything.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/01/us/targeting-inequality-this-time-on-public-transit.html?mwrsm=GooglePlus

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  1. Kimberly Chapman1 March 2015 at 11:27

    Free public transit paid for by taxpayers would be so awesome, particularly in the larger, more dense cities where car ownership is just not feasible.

    London wants to discourage drivers but it costs me about £30 to take the girls to London, and that's with the discounted family rail card pass on off-peak times.  Workers can't use that and they pay a fortune to commute in.

    Cambridge wants to encourage bus use but they don't have anything close to the NYC MetroCard, which was awesome when we were in NYC.  For something like $30 per month, I could take Peo all over NYC unlimited.  It encouraged me to use the transit over any other system because I'd prepaid and it made every ride cost less overall.  But here in Cambridge there's no system like that for parents moving kids around, and in fact the family day pass is hour restricted specifically to screw parents taking kids to school.  Oh, and here it's three private companies, not a city system.  Gee d'ya think that's maybe part of the problem?

    Study after study shows that people will use public transit if it's reasonably priced, reliable, clean, and safe.  The benefits to the community are huge.  I really do not get why there isn't more work on this.

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  2. Donna Buckles1 March 2015 at 21:20

    Love this idea.

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  3. Clyde McQueen2 March 2015 at 09:21

    I'm still happy Seattle got this far. Maybe other US cities will follow.

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