Estonia’s capital made mass transit free a decade ago. Transit traffic went up but car traffic increased faster. “Any extra money should be put toward transit service, and not zero fares.”
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From @zellyn on Mastodon:
This is definitely an article you need to read all the way through...the overall message, despite the headline, is not "making mass transit free is a bad idea".
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