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Re: Queens Bus Redesign After 1 Year

Posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri Jun 26 09:16:58 2026, in response to Re: Queens Bus Redesign After 1 Year, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jun 26 08:10:56 2026.

The buses are practically free already

That's not the point I was making.

First, approximately 15% of recorded passengers are free transfers. Another 15% are transferring to a subway. That's an additional free fare ride.

Next, there's the budgetary question as to whether free fares are affordable. A more germane question is whether the money should be spent on passenger benefits or bloated MTA operations.

Regardless of the financial question, I believe it's bad policy to encourage the use of inefficient operations through subsidies, when more efficient alternatives exist. It's the same reason I believe the 100+ year practice of subsidizing private automobile transportation at the expense of mass transit has been an unwise policy.

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