02-28-2020, 06:35 PM
It's amazing how little revenue is generated by paying customers, so why not make it free?
In Sacramento, "fare evaders", are one of the largest categories of "users" of public transportation, so our public transportation system hires boatloads of transit agents to catch them, which has to be very expensive. Furthermore, those who are caught have to make a court appearance, which also costs the taxpayers money.
A lot of people look at the money used to pay for public transportation, and think it's a waste. I disagree with this. If most people used public transportation for their daily commute, it would greatly reduce the need for building and maintaining highway infrastructure. I bet that over the long run, that most people would actually save money on taxes. A bonus side effect would be that the existing infrastructure would actually become usable for those who for various reasons can't use public transportation.
This, unlike California's high speed rail boondoggle, seems like a win-win.
In Sacramento, "fare evaders", are one of the largest categories of "users" of public transportation, so our public transportation system hires boatloads of transit agents to catch them, which has to be very expensive. Furthermore, those who are caught have to make a court appearance, which also costs the taxpayers money.
A lot of people look at the money used to pay for public transportation, and think it's a waste. I disagree with this. If most people used public transportation for their daily commute, it would greatly reduce the need for building and maintaining highway infrastructure. I bet that over the long run, that most people would actually save money on taxes. A bonus side effect would be that the existing infrastructure would actually become usable for those who for various reasons can't use public transportation.
This, unlike California's high speed rail boondoggle, seems like a win-win.