While I'd hesitate to guess their motives, yes, people take way more trips when transit is freehttps://twitter.com/ramsincanon/status/1034842609657806848 …
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24% of the routes we operate don't charge a fare--they account for 37% of our total system ridership, but only 24% of our revenue hours and 25% of our revenue miles
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The most dramatic instance I can think of is a bit of a special case (and it's for a railway, not buses): the Hartford Line charged no fares during its opening weekend and drew over 10,000 riders both days, while its subsequent daily fare-paying ridership is closer to 1,000
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10,000 daily riders, by the way, turned out to be beyond the capacity of the Hartford Line to handle...late trains, passengers turned away at the door, etc--remember that a lot of transit in USA is built so that it CANNOT be successful even if the people show up!
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I discussed the failure of the Hartford Line to handle high ridership at length in this thread (after being one of the passengers denied boarding because the train was too full):https://twitter.com/380kmh/status/1008750105195892738 …
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