• Nomecks
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    1512 days ago

    It gets paid for by savings in road network maintenance. More people on transit = less cars destroying everything.

    • Aatube
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      611 days ago

      I don’t think that’s gonna cover much of the $600 million after eliminating fare enforcement costs.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 days ago

        Enforcement costs includes pay systems, enfircer paychecks, gear, blood, and lawsuits for the victims

        • Aatube
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          110 days ago

          Yeah that’s already factored in as savings and thus deducted from the costs:

          The cost of eliminating fares from all city buses would likely be north of $700 million – an MTA analysis from 2022 put the cost for fiscal year 2026 at $778 million, Mamdani’s campaign said. A separate analysis on free local bus service from the city Independent Budget Office incorporated savings that fare-free bus rides would produce, including on fare enforcement and collection costs, totaling $33 million per year. They found the total cost would be $652 million.

          I already deducted an extra $52 million for a good-looking number. Whatever the independent analysis didn’t think of is not likely to go beyond this $52 million.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 days ago

            I dont think its polite to include the settlements of cases of police abuse. Or monetizing the dead.

            • Aatube
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              210 days ago

              If you don’t include them then the cost is gonna be higher than $600 million. My point that it won’t pay for itself and has to suck up funds that could’ve been used for infrastructure remains.