Chico75013 t1_jbufjcm wrote on March 11, 2023 at 8:16 PM

Reply to comment by JeromePowellAdmirer in CONFESSION TIME: If I know I can make the round trip within the allotted 1 hour I will only activate a single Light Rail ticket by kraghis

Not necessarily, it's just a choice of how the system is paid for. A big advantage of free service is that it removes all of the costs associated with fare controls.

JeromePowellAdmirer t1_jbvqihk wrote on March 12, 2023 at 2:20 AM

The problem is the cost of fare controls is not in the same universe as the revenue generated by fares

If such a fare free scheme were passed, it would have to be passed as a package deal with the revenue - if it's not, the revenue drop will just make them cut service