There are public transit advocates and city planners who say that public transit must first be fixed and expanded before it can be made fare-free.
Why?
People have fought for 100 years for better public transit.
It has only gotten worse relative to need, and in some places absolutely worse.
The idea of fare-free is to force the issue. It will show that people want public transit, because ridership will go up. Then we will have the constituency to fix and expand.
Why?
People have fought for 100 years for better public transit.
It has only gotten worse relative to need, and in some places absolutely worse.
The idea of fare-free is to force the issue. It will show that people want public transit, because ridership will go up. Then we will have the constituency to fix and expand.
