When you drive away your ridership with unreliable service, they tend to stay away. This should not be rocket science, and yet...
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Public transit should be fare free for the rider
aug 29, 2025, 1:34 pm • 0 0 • view
What good is fare-free transit if it's useless?
aug 29, 2025, 1:35 pm • 1 0 • view
OC reduces frequency to match ridership. If ridership was to increase presumably they would increase frequency What Ottawa is currently experiencing in our transit is a classic catch-22 which is insane It’s time to do things differently. Public transit should be fare free for the rider
aug 29, 2025, 1:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Going to disagree that just making it free will stop the death spiral. You need reliability before people can be enticed to trust it again, and it doesn't have that. It's no good as a service if it can't get you where you need to be on time, regardless of what you're paying for it.
aug 29, 2025, 1:53 pm • 1 0 • view
Kansas City 90% said they rode more as a result of Zero Fare. 92% said they shop for food more often; 88% said they could see their healthcare providers; 82% said it allowed them to get or keep a job; 86% said they feel like city is concerned about their needs nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
aug 29, 2025, 2:10 pm • 0 0 • view