bruh, you have to get a ticket for a bus?
yeah it’s usually only like a dollar or two and takes a few seconds
guessing the 10-ride ticket costs more
you have to charge per ticket because americans are unwilling to raise taxpayer budget for this kind of thing
$3.20 to go two stops across the state to my job, one way. These 10-ride tickets are the cheapest option for me with the specific frequency I ride the bus. Since it isn’t worth it for both my wife and I to take the bus together (we work in the same place) we don’t qualify for any of the frequent rider discounts.
We petitioned the state for them to continue free fare when it ended in April, but they basically said “but then who will pay for the bus?”. They gave an absurd example of full busses and people not being able to get rides because they can’t fund more frequent routes due to the loss of income. But that’s bullshit because:
- They aren’t giving us more frequent routes - all our busses only run once an hour, and in the summer this specific bus leaves 30 minutes later in the morning so I have to work out a special schedule with my supervisor and
- The busses are literally never full anyway. Half full, at best.
“This public service is too effective and is apparently something a huge number of people are interested in using. Gotta put an end to that.”
I don’t know anywhere where you don’t need some form of ticket. Granted, various cities have different forms of convenience to make it practical.
In Boston, I know of some forms of transit that are free - because a specific business is paying for it to drive commerce, because the transit authority temporarily wants to promote it to reduce traffic, or because it’s undergoing a temporary change in operation and ticket collection would be inconvenient.
Huh, I’ve only used transit systems with rfid tickets or automated paper ticket readers
Well, right, but even you are using the word “ticket”. The one up in this screenshot seems like it’s at least mostly automated. A rose by any name I guess.
they sell reloadable tickets, but for me this is the cheapest fare, yeah. My state is actually doing a lot of work to support transit right now, so i’m hopeful for the future
I miss reading books on the bus rides to and from work. I moved back to my hometown and the bus system doesn’t work very well and wont get me to and from work in a reasonable way. It sucks.
I read tons on the train!
Unfortunately, can’t seem to do it anywhere else…
I used the CTA for the first time. It was pretty decent.
I feel like I’d get robbed at the bus stops near where I live.
