Re: Metrocard Gripe

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From: Gregory Resch
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 00:00

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jwhitesi@concentric.net (John Whiteside) writes:

> I've heard it suggested semi-seriously in Boston that we simply eliminate
> fares. Fares pay such a small portion of the system costs, the argument
> goes, that we'd be better off eliminating them....Plus, more people 
> would ride the system with a zero price,... 


Yes, more people, of all types--some looking for an easy mark, some just 
for cheap "entertainment."  Drop that "Plus"-part. 

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From: resch@cpcug.org (Gregory Resch)
Subject: Re: Metrocard Gripe
Date: 1996/06/07
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