1) yeah man I'm relating an anecdote you can consult the rest of my account for details about what's going wrong (it's a lot) 2) no kidding, a "business" that doesn't turn a profit is also doomed to failure--wanna guess if any transit authorities in MA turn a profit? 3) just lol https://twitter.com/56tbirdJones/status/1042116410821025793 …
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Might as well summarize the major problems here: - Fares and revenue! Only a fraction of PVTA revenue comes from fares, and the process for changing fares is very contentious and slow. Moreover, fares are flat regardless of trip distance:https://twitter.com/380kmh/status/968169321431171072 …
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Haunted Forrest 🌲 @380kmhPVTA--or any transit provider--only has as much control over its own future as it can earn from its own services. Right now our riders and our staff only have about 16% of a say in our own operation...we should be striving to boost that share as far as possible!Show this thread2 replies 0 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
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MassDOT board discussed this yesterday, at a very abstract level. Board members concerned about having to make up PVTA, WRTA deficits, but also numerous RTAs haven't reassessed fares in >10 years.
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we raised our fares this summer--tried to several years ago, but guess what happens when every fare increase has to be approved by an advisory board that doesn't want to anger their constituents?
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