The City Where Free Buses Changed Everything

    The City Where Free Buses Changed Everything



    Posted by Generalaverage89

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    1. Destinyciello on

      Ahh yes free busses is just what we need.

      1) Yay free busses. Gets a bus pass

      2) Gets on the bus “well this is uncomfortable who is this smelly homeless guy and why is he yelling at everyone. where is the police”

      3) Gets on the bus for the 10th time “who are all these scary looking guys. OMG they are fighting. Where is the police?”

      4) Fuck this I’d rather spend 2 hours a day in traffic then suffer through this horrific shit for 30 mins.

      This is why when leftists politicians push for this stupid shit. We just sit and wait going “yeah yeah we’ll watch how this falls flat on it’s face.”. I’m happy Mamdami got elected. Nothing dispels socialists myths quite as hard as actually attempting to do socialist shit. In 4 years he will be crying about “not enough funding” or whatever other excuse he musters up for why everything he did was a fucking failure.

    2. >But whether free buses can work elsewhere depends on other factors such as the capacity of networks to deal with an increase in passengers and funding sources, according to Huré.

      Nothing in this world is truly free. Metro public transportation is subsidized by federal, state, and local governments, with fare revenue covering only a small portion. That small amount of revenue still adds up. Adding more payrolls to boost security for fare evaders is pointless. It’s a never-ending game of cat and mouse.

    3. HeartwarminSalt on

      The city is Dunkirk, France. New York City wants to follow its lead, but one wonders if the experiences of a city of ~85,000 can scale to the city of over 10 million. Worth a try though!

    4. CMDR_Cheese_Helmet on

      Nah just one more lane bro. Just one more lane, you paying a car payment, insurance, fuel and maintenance and transportation is fixed forever.

    5. Muted-Woodpecker-469 on

      There’s free busses in Albuquerque, nm. It hasn’t changed much. In fact the vagrants and druggies use it mainly as getaways from their crime sprees

      They’ve also had to cut routes because funding just isn’t there. They’ve regressed across the entire metro as they focus on just one main line. 

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