Fascinating, he's dead wronghttps://twitter.com/AdamTuss/status/1045365799723159553 …
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Longer trips = more miles of track to maintain = more wear on the vehicles = more driver hours to pay = COST MORE On any mode of transit--buses included--you should be paying based on how far you travel
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Flat fares penalize short trips and encourage long ones while failing to deliver the revenue to support them. Bad idea!
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I understand why people are reluctant to say transit should make money--on the one hand, most doubt that it's even possible, and on the other, they're leery of such a basic necessity being used to get a few people rich. But this is about securing a future for transit...
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When transit loses money, someone has to be found who will foot the bill--and the continued existence of transit (and the mobility of everyone who uses it!) becomes dependent on the whims of that someone. If they decide they don't want to pay so much, too bad for the riders!
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Moreover, if transit owes its existence to funding provided by people who don't necessarily ride transit, then transit will *necessarily* be operated with those people's interests placed above the riders. These interests may align sometimes, but when they don't...
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