Zones vs Flat Fares: What’s the Better Transit Fare Scheme? (www.youtube.com)

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[+] MJBrune@beehaw.org 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[-] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago

Imagine all the fare inspectors you don't have to pay, all the fare collection equipment and technology, contracts to software companies to make and integrate a mobile app, credit card processing fees...

[-] StereoTypo@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

It raises an interesting question; if it were feasible to implent without massive privacy concerns, would you support income-proportional fee structure for government services? I'm imagining below a certain cutoff income-bracket, everything would be free.

[-] agrammatic@feddit.de 6 points 11 months ago

income-proportional fee structure for government services?

This is income tax.

[-] Rentlar@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Caltrain and Metrolink (California, USA regional trains) have the right idea. Low income Americans by and large carry EBT cards. They give a 50% discount on tickets when scanned. Of course this could be technologically easily made free but it's a start and the remaining challeges are financial and political.

[-] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

Why not just have taxes pay for them, and no fares? That even encourages more people to use it, since you're paying for it anyways.

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