What it "causes" is people being able to travel whenever they need to travel. Peak overcrowding or empty trains at other times are a reflection of people's schedules more than ticket prices.https://twitter.com/uncriticalsimon/status/940618887657414656 …
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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