Free Muni is a great slogan & bad policy for San Francisco right now. San Franciscans deserve excellent public transit that's safe, reliable & frequent. That takes money. Using scarce public dollars to make poor service free for 3 months is the wrong move.https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/transit-officials-fear-free-muni-pilot-could-hurt-already-strained-service-levels/ …
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Replying to @RafaelMandelman
As the budget chair, nothing about this 3 month pilot competes financially in any way with restoring Muni service. This keeps money in the pockets of riders for doing something we want to incentivize, & gets more people onto buses and trains during our economic recovery. Win win.
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Replying to @MattHaneySF @RafaelMandelman
Any spare money should be spent on "fixing Muni". I would support a means tested poan that helps those who genuinely need it, and does not provide an expensive service free to those of us who can afford to pay our way.
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Replying to @DonaldFR @RafaelMandelman
MTA just got $300 million from federal government. They don't have short term revenue issues, they haven't asked for any one time money for fixing. These funds are coming from the city that otherwise would not go to Muni. Again, this isn't competing with "fixing Muni" in any way
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Replying to @MattHaneySF @RafaelMandelman
If I may make a suggestion: any extra money should be used to create more "red carpets" and building dedicated lanes with barriers to keep Muni moving. It should not be used to give me free a service I can afford to pay for.
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Replying to @DonaldFR @RafaelMandelman
Fair enough. But money for dedicated lanes or red carpets isn't at all the barrier for more of those. Cost is not a barrier at all for dedicated lanes.
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Some things are free or highly subsidized, like public schools, libraries or city college, even for some people who may be able to afford it, bc if serves a larger public benefit. Public transit for 3 months during a recession is similar. And most people on Muni are not wealthy
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Do we allow homeless people with severe mental illness and drug addiction to freely roam public schools?
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