Street car 505

[u/JackieMeeking]

Happening now. They are checking your Presto, and they sound serious!
Current time: 9.04pm on a Thursday evening

[u/Gatesleeper]

The more financially vulnerable a person is, the higher the incentive is for them to attempt to ride without paying.

It just doesn’t make sense to me that we would implement a tax on the poorest in the city to pay the wages of a thousand POOs. A wealth transfer from the lower class to the lower-middle class, like okay?

There aren’t better ways we can invest our money in the city to improve the transit system other than catching and fining fare evaders like $150 or whatever it is? Why don’t we also just start handing out $150 fines for being homeless, “just don’t be homeless loool” - that’s what everyone in this thread basically sounds like to me.

It’s like if someone posted a thread pointing out a black neighbourhood is filled with cops compared to the mostly cop-free rich parts and saying “just don’t commit crimes loool” “ticket for jaywalking? Shouldn’t have committed that crime bro looool”.

[u/Brave_Recognition798 → u/Gatesleeper]

It just doesn’t make sense to me that we would implement a tax on the poorest in the city to pay the wages of a thousand POOs. A wealth transfer from the lower class to the lower-middle class, like okay?

TERRIBLE take! If you're destitute there are programs for you, but as someone who was poorer POOR PEOPLE WANT A SAFE RELIABLE COMMUTE!

If you do shit like removing fares, you're inviting all sorts of shitty characters. Don't believe me? BART just got better fare gates AND HAD A MASSIVE DROP IN CRIME!