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Trams are expensive here (lemmy.ml)
submitted 5 days ago by makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml to c/melbourne@aussie.zone
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In town for a few months. Been watching the tap on rates on the trams.

I'm going to hazard an approximation of about 20% of people are actually tapping on. Maybe 30% at a stretch.

Surely if they did a Brisbane, and dropped it to 50c or even $1, then most everyone would tap.

There comes a point , when things are affordable rnough, that it's not worth the risk / anxiety.

At current pricing it's obviously still worth the risk.

I can only imagine if the 70% or so that are not paying, paid $1, that there'd be more money in the system.

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[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I just feel, that now the infrastructure is in place, that making it affordable would encourage people to use it. If it were say .50c, or $1, I can imagine over 90% of people tapping. Who can say though.

[–] notgold@aussie.zone 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

100% agree. Getting something is better than nothing. Plus with the system the way it is, your just penalising the honest people.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] notgold@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago

My wife just said we should move to Queensland. She was living in Singapore last year and misses the good PT. Brisbane for the win I guess

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Oh yea, I hear you.

What your point does though is open up the discussion about whether enforcement makes financial sense in isolation. And once you open that door, the whole becomes uncomfortable for a lot of people who are stuck in a simple black-and-white justice mentality, where "do what you're supposed, pay what they charge, or be punished" is all there is to making the world work well. You know, "law and order" types.

You're trying to talk about incentives. For many though that's a very dangerous slippery slope. So I'm trying to get a head of that and wonder if the end of that slippery slop is actually a demonstrably good thing.