Mass transit should be free.
this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2023
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Fare evasion is like stealing bread. It's a crime of desperation.
This kind of budgetary indulgence only indicates the MTA doesn't much like the public of the city it serves.
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Maybe they should start electing people to charge property taxes correctly to those ultra luxury condos.
Local mass transit should be free. It is already really heavily subsidized, often almost entirely subsidized, so it wouldn’t cost as much as you think.
America won't achieve that with such low tax rates
Mass transit barely exists in most of America.
Yes. Interestingly US taxes aren't even low if you factor in what you have to pay for directly, compared to what other countries pay though taxes.
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Mass transit cannot be free.
It should however be without toll. It can quite reasonably be funded with tax.
But free? No. Someone somewhere has to pay for the infrastructure and operations.
Free to use, funded by taxes. Like how healthcare should work.
This seems like needless nitpicking. The end result is the same, it's still free at the point of use.
I'm curious how much of the budget is covered by fares. I think here in Europe it tends to be roughly 50%. But the trains are much better than NYC and the fares are cheaper.
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The title should be "NYC wastes money on software that doesn't work rather than reducing fares or eliminating them entirely".
Lmfao, I'm pretty sure the idea is that it will return them more money than it costs. You just want free subway rides or something? It's fucking $2.75 to go ANYWHERE.
what a great use of resources 😒