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Re: Unrest

Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Mon Oct 21 01:12:05 2019, in response to Re: Unrest, posted by Alan Follett on Mon Oct 21 00:15:47 2019.

correct. The real issue is not the nominal price in USD, but rather, the % of an average worker's wages spent on commuting to work. At least one outlet (BBC IIRC) said transit costs were 20% of monthly wages. That is a high price for the privilege of getting to a low wage job.
As a corrollary, we have often spoken of therelation of tokens in NYCtoa single pizza slice. When one worked for 2.50/hr (before deductions) a 20c token and 25c pizza slice were fairly cheap;if you lived in a two fare enclave OTOH transit was double--and given rents in single fare areas, you not only paid double but had a much longer ride.

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