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Re:Paris Will Make Public Transportation Free for Kids by JumpCrisscross on Sunday January 20, 2019 @03:56PM (#18955525)
> A 2002 report released by the National Center for Transportation Research indicated that the lack of fares attracted hordes of young people, who brought with them a culture of vandalism, graffiti, and bad behavior—which all necessitated costly maintenance

Interesting. So making it free actually increased costs.

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Re:Paris Will Make Public Transportation Free for Kids by skywhopper on Sunday January 20, 2019 @04:07PM (#18955602)
The wording here, "hordes" of young people is pretty telling of the bias of the writer. Young people are one of the most important target audiences of public transportation, since they aren't able to drive.
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Re:Paris Will Make Public Transportation Free for Kids by watwut on Sunday January 20, 2019 @04:27PM (#18955712)
When it is for free, then more of them don't earn more money.
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Re:Paris Will Make Public Transportation Free for Kids by naniwaduni on Sunday January 20, 2019 @04:00PM (#18955563)
That the costs increased seems obvious. The causes here are a bit interesting, but well-known to anyone who's run a free service.
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