YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoFrom what I've seen, public transit is either expensive and terrible or cheap and good.message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareFrom what I've seen, public transit is either expensive and terrible or cheap and good.YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoYeah—ideally, fares only need to cover the marginal/fluctuating costs, not the fixed cost of the whole system. For private transportation, fares need to pay for both, and generate a profit on top of that.
Yeah—ideally, fares only need to cover the marginal/fluctuating costs, not the fixed cost of the whole system.
For private transportation, fares need to pay for both, and generate a profit on top of that.