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Why isn't public transport free? That's the sort of thing I want my taxes going towards.
From memory the cost of implementing Go cards and enforcing fares cost more than the income generated anyway. At 50c a pop I'm sure it is now.
Rather than paying private companies to implement ticketing on public transport, then expecting the public to put more money towards a private company's profit margin why not just cut out the middle man and make it free?
This is a Melbourne focussed article but makes a good case about why free PT wouldn't work in Melbourne:
https://www.ptua.org.au/myths/free/
I imagine similar arguments can be made elsewhere
Could you imagine the volume of cookers / crazies on the trams if it was free...
50c is insignificant enough that it doesn't break the bank commuting every day, but it also puts a barrier on people wanting to use it for non commuting purposes.
Doesn't that just make you a judgey arsehole?
Not really.
The smallest barrier keeps out the extreme end of the scale is my attitude. It's catch all not judgey.
Unless your pro the clowns with cell phones cranking shit music at max volume for all to hear?
I'm more in favour of removing barriers in society, especially ones arbitrarily implemented to keep out whoever you've decided is undesirable.