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In article <vm9g2INNdrn@cs.utexas.edu> srin@cs.utexas.edu (Srinivas Nedunuri) writes:
>This is simply not true. Capital Metro actually >increased< its 
>ridership as a result of (and not just during) the freebie year. Sure the 
>buses have a bit of an image problem (like American cars, actually) but that's
>would be corrected by more people using them.

Yes, Capital Metro =did= increase its ridership.  And even with that
meager increase, the buses still ran significantly less than full.

>                                                                  Why pay 50c
>to wait up to half an hour and then get dropped off somewhere not quite close
>enough to where you want to go when you can easily jump into your car and get
>there in much less time?

More importantly, why should the taxpayer be forced to pay the $1.50 or more
subsidy for that bus ride?  That's ride - the fare box often constitutes less
than 25% of the cost of the trip itself, with the rest being made up from tax
revenues.
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