Free buses aren’t something you really need to “afford” because even in smaller cities the economic value returned through that way of operating is given back and then some. Like, they’ve been throwing free money on the ground for decades upon decades and it’s about time shit catches up to reality.
Right but I think you’ve missed my entire point somehow. Literally it is cheaper to not charge anything for transit. You don’t need to afford it, you just have to do it. It is free money, understand?
Sure but why would a fee do that? If anything that would encourage this behavior because if I pay 2$ I feel entitled to spend there as much time as I want.
This is pretty well established theory now in behavior economy:
We already invented the most effective and humane fix for this - social workers. I don’t think anything can work better then another person trained in handling social situations correcting the issue themselves.
Its crazy that NYC still can’t afford free public transportation. City literally has more expensive apartments than yearly cost of operating busses.
Free buses aren’t something you really need to “afford” because even in smaller cities the economic value returned through that way of operating is given back and then some. Like, they’ve been throwing free money on the ground for decades upon decades and it’s about time shit catches up to reality.
Bus fares make up only like 2% of the income for my cities public transit system. They can afford to go free.
Right but I think you’ve missed my entire point somehow. Literally it is cheaper to not charge anything for transit. You don’t need to afford it, you just have to do it. It is free money, understand?
The point is you need pretext to remove people who use the system as a living room instead of transit.
Sure but why would a fee do that? If anything that would encourage this behavior because if I pay 2$ I feel entitled to spend there as much time as I want.
This is pretty well established theory now in behavior economy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation_crowding_theory
We already invented the most effective and humane fix for this - social workers. I don’t think anything can work better then another person trained in handling social situations correcting the issue themselves.