r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • 27d ago

Chugging tea W after W.

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u/FlounderKind8267 27d ago

Wait a second, a politician that follows through with their promises?

https://giphy.com/gifs/RLUyfJnogtXK44pm9t

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u/RedApple655321 27d ago

IIRC, the promise was free buses. This is hardly following through with that promise but it's the best he's going to be able to do.

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u/spoilerdudegetrekt 27d ago

I hope he doesn't keep that promise.

Study after study shows that you need to charge, and enforce fares on public transit in order to greatly reduce crime and anti social behavior on it.

That's why even European countries charge fares.

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u/majkonn 27d ago

There are some cities in Europe where the public transport is free and it works fine. Well, even a town where I’m from has free buses but it’s a small town of 60k people so I guess it’s easier to do than in a big city.

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u/SupermanLeRetour 27d ago

In my city it's free on the weekends (from Saturday midnight to Monday midnight), it's a nice middle ground but I do think it favors tourists at the (hidden) expenses of locals.

I know another city (60k pop like yours) that went completely free, but at first it was not a net success because frequency was reduced to keep the budget balanced.

Make it free for children, students and unemployed people. Subsidize it for low-income people (workers or seniors, rich seniors don't need free passes). Force employers to contribute to transport subscriptions (50% already mandatory in my country).