Interesting. Is there a history of this phenomena? Does free ridership have a tendency to stagnate a system? I don’t have anything against free transit, but I do worry that it can devalue it. I am definitely not the target audience, so it is hard to have a definitive opinion.
Comparative only. People who rode before continue but almost no new riders come. If you improve service more people will ride.
you long term stagnate the system because it is harder to get enough money to run when budgets are cut. But the bigger concern is they found the money equal to whatever the fares were and don’t make the system better with that money.
Interesting. Is there a history of this phenomena? Does free ridership have a tendency to stagnate a system? I don’t have anything against free transit, but I do worry that it can devalue it. I am definitely not the target audience, so it is hard to have a definitive opinion.
Comparative only. People who rode before continue but almost no new riders come. If you improve service more people will ride.
you long term stagnate the system because it is harder to get enough money to run when budgets are cut. But the bigger concern is they found the money equal to whatever the fares were and don’t make the system better with that money.