Americans have little to no respect for public goods and so any attempt at emulating other countries ends in disaster.
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e.g. There isn't enough money in the world to fund a good public transit system if your people a) will trash it and b) don't want to pay for it.
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The Danes, meanwhile, don't even have turnstiles.https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-02-23/you-can-t-have-denmark-without-danes …
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They don't have turnstiles on the light rail in Baltimore, either. Meanwhile, every transit operation in Japan (to my knowledge) has strict fare barriers.
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Do the Japanese really struggle with non-payment? Or is it a means of regulating the flow of passengers?
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They don't struggle with non-payment to my knowledge, any more than Baltimore has high trust. It's just the way that they prefer to handle transactions: on-site, without hiding parts of the cost from the customer.
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Sort of like how (at least in the past, idk about right now) the posted prices in Japanese stores always include tax. No bullshit surprise costs when you get to the register.
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May also be related to the preference for paying with, and carrying, cash
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