Are you the OP? Do you have a citation for the MBTA (Boston) no longer collecting bus fares? Not a thing I'd heard but while I do (loosely) follow transit news, I am 36 years removed from the T's service area …
I'm also curious what proportion of the NY MTA's budget is covered by revenue from bus fares. It's low - virtually no transit systems come close to a 100% farebox recovery ratio… but that revenue has to come from *somewhere*.
Philosophical Q: Why do B&W images look more real than color images? Is it because I am of an age when newspaper images were almost all B&W and when some of us had B&W TVs? Or is there more to it than that?
@bluemoon
Because it was a test a few years ago. And it was run by the City not the T.
None of this means it's a bad idea.
https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2023/03/Fare%20Free%20Mid%20Program%20Report.pdf
@bluemoon
Not actually seeing mention of "free" in Boston: https://www.mbta.com/fares
@bluemoon
Are you the OP? Do you have a citation for the MBTA (Boston) no longer collecting bus fares? Not a thing I'd heard but while I do (loosely) follow transit news, I am 36 years removed from the T's service area …
I'm also curious what proportion of the NY MTA's budget is covered by revenue from bus fares. It's low - virtually no transit systems come close to a 100% farebox recovery ratio… but that revenue has to come from *somewhere*.
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@croyle@wandering.shop
Wile E Coyote is about to cause a vibration that will bring this rock down on his head.
@CowsLookLikeMaps
That's what they say this morning. But the day is young.
@mattblaze@federate.social
"Was"? Did they move their HQ?
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Philosophical Q: Why do B&W images look more real than color images? Is it because I am of an age when newspaper images were almost all B&W and when some of us had B&W TVs? Or is there more to it than that?
Because I like them.
@mattblaze@federate.social
I see your narrow hallway and raise you a stair chair.
@mattblaze@federate.social
Pretty sure some of those buildings are old enough to have built back when everything was black and white ...
@mattblaze@federate.social
Wasn't there some sort of Freeze-Out here?
@mattblaze@federate.social
Stair chair. Every time.
In fairness, when I interned with the old NYC*EMS (38 years ago? What?) they always took the chair and not the bed.
@caseyweederman @originalucifer
You finally caught on …