Promising trends in (all too few) bus networks around USA: http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-big-city-bus-systems.html … Prioritizing frequency is crucial!
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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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