Zones vs Flat Fares: What’s the Better Transit Fare Scheme?
Zones vs Flat Fares: What’s the Better Transit Fare Scheme?
Where scrappy Berlin shines as the A+ example
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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...
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.
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income-proportional fee structure for government services?
This is income tax.
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.
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.