The cost of operating our buses works out to around $2.60 per trip--not an ideal measure, since "trip" makes no reference to travel time or distance, but oh well. Not everyone can pay this, so our base fare is $1.25 per trip. You pay less if you buy transfers, passes, etc.
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Imagine if we applied the same reasoning we use in transport to, say, food distribution: if grocery stores charged, say, $5 per item (any item) instead of charging market rate for most and letting those who need it use gov aid.
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Rather than subject grocery stores to the insane logic of public transit, I'm interested in doing the reverse: base transit fares on the ACTUAL COST of providing the service, and offer discounted or free passes as a welfare benefit for those who need it.
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I contend that the result would be a much more extensive transit network, used by a much broader range of the population, largely independent of shifts in the whims of taxpayers. Admittedly we have a very low bar to clear in these respects.
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