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Article #297Re: Metrocard Gripe
From: Matthew Mitchell
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 00:00
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In article <jwhitesi-0606962319340001@cnc098067.concentric.net>,
jwhitesi@concentric.net (John Whiteside) wrote:
>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. We'd also eliminate the
>expenses of selling tokens, collecting tokens, administering the pass
>program, etc. Plus, more people would ride the system with a zero price,
>so the entire Boston region would benefit from fewer cars being used.
Boston is a somewhat special case, as MBTA has the lowest farebox recovery
ratio of any big city transit system, as of the last I heard.
/_\ Matthew Mitchell, Newsletter Editor
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112ce4,bff7d4d41bac2833 X-Google-Attributes: gid112ce4,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,ba84b781c3041450 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 10ca13,bff7d4d41bac2833 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ca13,public From: mmitchel@libertynet.org (Matthew Mitchell) Subject: Re: Metrocard Gripe Date: 1996/06/08 Message-ID: <ADDFC2EC96684D2ED1@ts11-39.upenn.edu> X-Deja-AN: 159232487 references: <4p6p34$j89@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> <DsL9sH.J3q@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <jwhitesi-0606962319340001@cnc098067.concentric.net> organization: Delaware Valley Association of Railroad Passengers newsgroups: nyc.transit,dc.general,misc.transport.urban-transit