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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Downtown is dying. Vacancy rates are throw the roof, which are driving down property values which will mean radically lower property tax revenues, which will blow a giant hole in the city's budget. But, sure, let's focus on...[checks notes]...making buses free?

This is what it's like to be ruled by children. 
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What is the city government supposed to do to get workers back in empty offices, exactly?[/quote]

Isn't that kind of their job to figure these things out?[/quote]

They have to make it attractive for employers to end the work from home model. Free bus is one of many steps in that direction.[/quote]

Right. People are abandoning downtown because the buses are too expensive. [/quote]

I love how your definition of people only includes high income people.  Like your barista, waiter, street cleaner, etc. don't also need to get to work.[/quote]

Is there a single person in this entire city who did not ride the bus because it was too expensive? If the answer is no there is not, then making it free it a stupid way to spend money. If you're going to create incentives, the idea is usually to get people to do something they would not have done otherwise. If you're just subsidizing people to do something they were going to do anyway, that is just a waste of money. [/quote]

Not collecting fares make the bus run faster, which makes it more convenient. Lots of people don't ride the bus because it's not convenient. [/quote]

Even fewer people are going to ride the bus when they're filled with homeless people. [/quote]

We get the picture. You are a hobophobe. But do you have to remind us of this every second post?[/quote]

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