Here’s why some people still evade public transport fares – even when they’re 50 cents (theconversation.com)

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Neither lowering fares or simply increasing enforcement can solve fare evasion alone. Investing in better services and winning public trust are just as important.

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 points 1 week ago

Free fare advocates are killing the system by taking away a source of revenue that could instead be usedeto make the system better

Nonsense. It was already subsidised by over 80%, and that was before they reduced the fares to a flat 50 c. With fares now subsidised well over 95%, it's likely that there would actually be more money left over if they didn't have to pay Cubic for the expensive Go Card system and didn't have to hire people to go around wearing body armour fining people who don't pay.

[-] bluGill@fedia.io -5 points 6 days ago

Then raise fares. This study makes it clear that more service is what people want. That fares are so low they are not bringing in money after collection costs is a sign they need to raise them.

almost no rider is asking for lower fares.

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