The best ones don’t bother, because collecting fares is expensive and slows everything down
You can have self funded infrastructure, it can work, but it just seems like a bad solution. It’s a weakness. All it takes is one leader throwing a wrench in the process, and the whole thing unbalances and you get a death spiral
But if it’s free? Even if maintenance is neglected for a time, there’s no feedback loop
The best ones don’t bother, because collecting fares is expensive and slows everything down
That’s simply untrue. the best public transit system on earth collects fees, and no, it doesn’t slow things down any significant level because it’s just tapping as you walk by
The best public transit systems can even make back their money just from low fairs alone due to shear ridership
The best ones don’t bother, because collecting fares is expensive and slows everything down
You can have self funded infrastructure, it can work, but it just seems like a bad solution. It’s a weakness. All it takes is one leader throwing a wrench in the process, and the whole thing unbalances and you get a death spiral
But if it’s free? Even if maintenance is neglected for a time, there’s no feedback loop
That’s simply untrue. the best public transit system on earth collects fees, and no, it doesn’t slow things down any significant level because it’s just tapping as you walk by