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Fare free buses?! This monster needs to be stopped. (lemmynsfw.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Bus fares make up only like 2% of the income for my cities public transit system. They can afford to go free.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

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?