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So the cheaper option will still be bus. Fuck it, make the buses free. Lots of people will take free over paid for service.>
Buses should be free. The usual arguments against free buses of over-crowding, dirt and poor service are bogus. Free public transport also does not preclude for-pay commerical ventures such as Leap Transit in SF-- which filed Chapter 7 last July-- or taxi services. The bad experience in the US with free transit-- where the buses became abused and turned into homeless shelters-- does not hold water-- neither does the overcrowding nor slower service arguments since both can be easily addressed (albeit generally with also significantly slower auto traffic due to traffic light optimization favouring public transport).
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Once Uber puts everyone else out of business, their costs might rise (Addie Lee are dropping fares and driver pay so how long will they stay around?).
So the cheaper option will still be bus. Fuck it, make the buses free. Lots of people will take free over paid for service.