Notice the assumption here: "If we fuck with prices enough we can force people to travel at times that are inconvenient for their itineraries." Two questions: 1: can we? do countries like the UK *not* experience peak crowding? 2: do we want to? I prefer crowds to price gouging
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If the trains aspire to be service providers, shouldn't overcrowding be something they anticipate and respond to? Business generally works as: 1. Figure out what people need 2. Meet that need 3. Profit
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Yes--but the solution to overcrowding can't involve turning away customers, because that is working against what people need, meeting that need, and profiting from it. The solution (insofar as one exists at all) is to increase capacity.
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The thing is, increasing capacity plays into induced demand, and just encourages more people to ride. "Eliminating crowding" is just not a very sensible goal!
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I see this as a mindset problem that comes with monopolies - corporations start thinking "How can we make ppl do X" instead of "how can we anticipate their needs?"
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But you can shift demand, e.g. by encouraging people who can to work 7-3 or 11-7 not 9-5.
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I'm not sure the consequences for everyone else who *doesn't* have such flexibility are worth it, though.
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