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100% b.s. Not even free transit induces demand for transit ridership. Read the studies.

What you have written some sort fairytale imagined out of a fever dream and has no relationship to reality.[/quote]

That's because primarily transit use depends on service, not price. If transit does what people need it to do (for example, run frequently), then people will take it. If transit doesn't do what people need it to do, then obviously people won't take it, even if it's free.[/quote]
You really should add the caveat that this is your personal opinion. And that's me being polite. Decades of research have not borne this out. As a result, significant amount of current research focuses the economic impacts of wait times.[/quote]

It's my personal opinion that people won't take transit if transit doesn't do what they need it to do? Why would people take transit if transit doesn't do what they need it to do? Do we really need to do research on that?[/quote]
And you personal opinion is both contrary to fact and if implemented, is damaging to the long-term economic viability of the system. Very savvy.[/quote]
I actually made a mistake. I should have said "short term financial viability". The effects will be immediately felt in this current FY operating budget.
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