I am very skeptical of pre-pay systems allowing free rides tho...yes, I know it's very convenient for the riders, but still...
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Two main issues: - divorcing payment from use ensures that the system cannot support itself - makes it harder to raise money if popular
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One of the aims of offering free, institutionally pre-paid rides is that it brings ridership way up. This increases maintenance needs...
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...but does so without putting any additional money into the system (normally, if ridership goes up, so does revenue).
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revamping routes devastates residential property values, when new stops are added closest homes can drop <20% in one year
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I would be very surprised if any of these revamps involved adding new bus stops
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If you look eg at the Houston map in the article, the areas covered are almost identical--it's frequency and transfer structure that changed
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