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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by tallanvor on Thursday May 23, 2019 @02:47AM (#19989154)
The flat fare is actually more progressive when it comes to transportation. In a large city, poor people generally have to travel further for work, so a distance-based fare hits them harder.
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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by gambiting on Thursday May 23, 2019 @06:29AM (#19990344)
But.....they also use the system more, yet pay the same as someone who uses the system less. That's not fair either, surely.
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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by mattmanser on Thursday May 23, 2019 @07:14AM (#19990602)
Depends on what you mean by fair. You might ask why should they have to pay a much higher percentage of their income to commute?
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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by gambiting on Thursday May 23, 2019 @07:20AM (#19990633)
Well, perhaps both approaches are unfair. Perhaps you cannot have a system that's perfectly fair for everyone. That's not to say that you shouldn't try.
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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by jddj on Thursday May 23, 2019 @07:59AM (#19990844)
I found it amazing how far a single "trip" (~US$1) on the Barcelona public transport could take you.

What a great way to generally enable the people living in the smaller towns around the city, and keep the towns themselves alive.

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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by codyb on Thursday May 23, 2019 @08:55AM (#19991236)
Yea as a NYC resident who travels to SF I’m always amazed at the cost of the BART system. Seems super shitty for low wage workers traveling long distances.

And it adds up so quick, with no unlimited option.

I guess it’d be like taking the Metro North or LIRR to work everyday but it still seems like a lot of money to me.

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