Why isn't public transport free?

[awesome31312]

It is free in Canada, for the old people, because they are really grumpy and would beat your ass if they had to pay a fare.

[mrhelpful]

It is free in Canada, for the old people, because they are really grumpy and would beat your ass if they had to pay a fare.

Well time to move canada then lol.

Plus you have more beautiful women over there as well lol. Also you guys have way better healthcare system then the US.

But as for the transport situation it actually goes back way earlier when things were headed towards tolls or the system was gearing towards electric - its a huge thing that oil industry stopped to continue their business.

[Masha Sha]

Taxes + tickets + ads revenues... All of this to pay executives and press relation managers high salaries?

You'll see how successful a country is once you see them providing free services like this.
In my case, it's far from being possible. Everything is yet being controlled with money.

Children in public schools don't pay tickets to go to class... Why shall public transportation cost?

Someone pays the expenses of the teachers, pays to print school books, pays to have classrooms built, etc.  Why should people who don't have any kids in school pay for somebody else's kids? Let the parents pay their kids' own way. Otherwise, don't have kids.

Exactly and those who have 10 kids while other have none... However everyone would win if all schools would provide a quality education... Same for only tax subsided "free" public transport... Everyone could go... And maybe less traffic jam... And then no more ticket vending machines slowing the commute, no cards what ever. Just hoop and go... And no ads!!!

Quite the opposite. You wanna ride, you pay. You pay, you get the ride. Otherwise walk.

You wanna have kids, you pay to get them trained. Otherwise, don't have kids.

It is absolutely NOT fair to take money from people who don't get anything back in return. Why should somebody take your money, and use it to pay my ride, or my kids' schooling? It's your money. It isn't your fault I want to go from here to there, or I want to have kids to train.

But, if you WANT to give your money away, that's up to you. Just make sure I get a benefit when you take my money from me by force in something called taxation.

Better feed the crocodile (socialist) chicken (public free transport) than see them go full communist.

The problem with your utopidan logic is that as long as there is central banking it has no meaning what so ever.

[BADecker]

Taxes + tickets + ads revenues... All of this to pay executives and press relation managers high salaries?

You'll see how successful a country is once you see them providing free services like this.
In my case, it's far from being possible. Everything is yet being controlled with money.

Children in public schools don't pay tickets to go to class... Why shall public transportation cost?

Someone pays the expenses of the teachers, pays to print school books, pays to have classrooms built, etc.  Why should people who don't have any kids in school pay for somebody else's kids? Let the parents pay their kids' own way. Otherwise, don't have kids.

Exactly and those who have 10 kids while other have none... However everyone would win if all schools would provide a quality education... Same for only tax subsided "free" public transport... Everyone could go... And maybe less traffic jam... And then no more ticket vending machines slowing the commute, no cards what ever. Just hoop and go... And no ads!!!

Quite the opposite. You wanna ride, you pay. You pay, you get the ride. Otherwise walk.

You wanna have kids, you pay to get them trained. Otherwise, don't have kids.

It is absolutely NOT fair to take money from people who don't get anything back in return. Why should somebody take your money, and use it to pay my ride, or my kids' schooling? It's your money. It isn't your fault I want to go from here to there, or I want to have kids to train.

But, if you WANT to give your money away, that's up to you. Just make sure I get a benefit when you take my money from me by force in something called taxation.

Better feed the crocodile (socialist) chicken (public free transport) than see them go full communist.

The problem with your utopidan logic is that as long as there is central banking it has no meaning what so ever.

The problem with your socialistic thinking is that anyone can drop out of it if he/she wants.

Watch the Karl Lentz looooooog video ...

Karl Lentz at Johnson City Tennessee - April 16th 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN3MI70PFBw

[AdolfinWolf]

Taxes + tickets + ads revenues... All of this to pay executives and press relation managers high salaries?

You'll see how successful a country is once you see them providing free services like this.
In my case, it's far from being possible. Everything is yet being controlled with money.

Children in public schools don't pay tickets to go to class... Why shall public transportation cost?

Someone pays the expenses of the teachers, pays to print school books, pays to have classrooms built, etc.  Why should people who don't have any kids in school pay for somebody else's kids? Let the parents pay their kids' own way. Otherwise, don't have kids.

Exactly and those who have 10 kids while other have none... However everyone would win if all schools would provide a quality education... Same for only tax subsided "free" public transport... Everyone could go... And maybe less traffic jam... And then no more ticket vending machines slowing the commute, no cards what ever. Just hoop and go... And no ads!!!

Quite the opposite. You wanna ride, you pay. You pay, you get the ride. Otherwise walk.

You wanna have kids, you pay to get them trained. Otherwise, don't have kids.

It is absolutely NOT fair to take money from people who don't get anything back in return. Why should somebody take your money, and use it to pay my ride, or my kids' schooling? It's your money. It isn't your fault I want to go from here to there, or I want to have kids to train.

But, if you WANT to give your money away, that's up to you. Just make sure I get a benefit when you take my money from me by force in something called taxation.

Yeah, even it is is free "directly" Its indirectly probably your tax money, Or do y'all think these busdrivers are doing this for fun?

[xht]

if there were no charge for it do you think, where will the money come from to build and run it?

[Masha Sha]

if there were no charge for it do you think, where will the money come from to build and run it?

You seriously believe that the tickets pay for it? LoL...

I think making the public transport ticket free would increase people velocity, social cohesion and mobility, dynamize areas business, reduce traffic jam, fight pollution, reduce cost of operating the network, reduce labor cost, reduce crime, increase safety and make every one happier .

[DooMAD]

Children in public schools don't pay tickets to go to class... Why shall public transportation cost?

If public transport meant 'publicly owned', then there might be a slim chance of that.  But in many cases, public transport is operated by private companies, particularly in the UK due to tory privatisation.  There was a time when we had a nationally owned rail network, but every time the tories get into government, they privatise more public assets.  The cost of rail tickets continues to increase while the service gets worse.  Sadly, the filthy, thieving tories won't stop with transport and will sell off literally anything and everything that doesn't belong to them, including schools.  It's not beyond the realm of possibility that children might need to pay for a ticket to go to class in future if the company that owns the school decides it would be profitable.  Privatise profits, nationalise debts.  Yet another calculated transfer of wealth from poor to rich.

[BADecker]

if there were no charge for it do you think, where will the money come from to build and run it?

You seriously believe that the tickets pay for it? LoL...

I think making the public transport ticket free would increase people velocity, social cohesion and mobility, dynamize areas business, reduce traffic jam, fight pollution, reduce cost of operating the network, reduce labor cost, reduce crime, increase safety and make every one happier .

So far, it is impossible to make it free. Somebody pays. Maybe the taxpayers.

[Masha Sha]

if there were no charge for it do you think, where will the money come from to build and run it?

You seriously believe that the tickets pay for it? LoL...

I think making the public transport ticket free would increase people velocity, social cohesion and mobility, dynamize areas business, reduce traffic jam, fight pollution, reduce cost of operating the network, reduce labor cost, reduce crime, increase safety and make every one happier .

So far, it is impossible to make it free. Somebody pays. Maybe the taxpayers.

Ticket free!!! Of course it will paid through taxes (there are so many)!

[awesome31312]

Taxes + tickets + ads revenues... All of this to pay executives and press relation managers high salaries?

You'll see how successful a country is once you see them providing free services like this.
In my case, it's far from being possible. Everything is yet being controlled with money.

Children in public schools don't pay tickets to go to class... Why shall public transportation cost?

Someone pays the expenses of the teachers, pays to print school books, pays to have classrooms built, etc.  Why should people who don't have any kids in school pay for somebody else's kids? Let the parents pay their kids' own way. Otherwise, don't have kids.

Exactly and those who have 10 kids while other have none... However everyone would win if all schools would provide a quality education... Same for only tax subsided "free" public transport... Everyone could go... And maybe less traffic jam... And then no more ticket vending machines slowing the commute, no cards what ever. Just hoop and go... And no ads!!!

Quite the opposite. You wanna ride, you pay. You pay, you get the ride. Otherwise walk.

You wanna have kids, you pay to get them trained. Otherwise, don't have kids.

It is absolutely NOT fair to take money from people who don't get anything back in return. Why should somebody take your money, and use it to pay my ride, or my kids' schooling? It's your money. It isn't your fault I want to go from here to there, or I want to have kids to train.

But, if you WANT to give your money away, that's up to you. Just make sure I get a benefit when you take my money from me by force in something called taxation.

Better feed the crocodile (socialist) chicken (public free transport) than see them go full communist.

The problem with your utopidan logic is that as long as there is central banking it has no meaning what so ever.

Learn to type, your post made absolutely no sense whatsoever. Also, "utopidan" is not a word.

[BADecker]

if there were no charge for it do you think, where will the money come from to build and run it?

You seriously believe that the tickets pay for it? LoL...

I think making the public transport ticket free would increase people velocity, social cohesion and mobility, dynamize areas business, reduce traffic jam, fight pollution, reduce cost of operating the network, reduce labor cost, reduce crime, increase safety and make every one happier .

So far, it is impossible to make it free. Somebody pays. Maybe the taxpayers.

Ticket free!!! Of course it will paid through taxes (there are so many)!

Paid = not free.   

[Xester]

I think it depends on the country where you from.  Here in our country all public transportation were not free.  Though I heard that trains here the fare were partly shouldered by the government that it is why it is a little bit cheaper.  If the country have high revenues and can shoulder all the fees and expenses of its people then it would be free.

[ethereumhunter]

Taxes + tickets + ads revenues... All of this to pay executives and press relation managers high salaries?

not just for pays executives and press relation managers, but its also pays all bills, and buy gas for that public transport and we all know that gas price month by month is up really high so the public transport free which is funded by government is also have high maintain fee beside to pays others.

[Masha Sha]

All the press and public relation manager of those public transport companies are here defending their bread and butter? I am sure anyway you have nothing most of the time to do but that.

What I don't get is: make it public, fully (taxes) or not (slash it). The pay-to-use while public is quite confusing to me. So why not tickets for public parks? There is cost for the "gas" (typical monkey shit, who has gas for his public transportation system ) for the maintenance engine...

1£ for hyde park per hour per person. (Gazzz for the machine, lightning, watchers etc).

What is funny is that most of you opposing me here are fucking communists... You just want the taxes and the tickets to raise your little salary and parrots like you were real private company. Look I can go farther with Ryan air for cheaper than with your "public transport". Just lol. And please stop to take people for idiots... Those who believe you will never be able to pay your "needs", leeches.

[designerusa]

Taxes + tickets + ads revenues... All of this to pay executives and press relation managers high salaries?

i am sure you are living in the worst capitalist country because elder people, disabled ones, pregnants, civil servants dont have to pay for puclic transport in my country and students and also teacher pay half of the fee. Finally, the rest pay for public transportation so you should leave your country ..

[BADecker]

All the press and public relation manager of those public transport companies are here defending their bread and butter? I am sure anyway you have nothing most of the time to do but that.

What I don't get is: make it public, fully (taxes) or not (slash it). The pay-to-use while public is quite confusing to me. So why not tickets for public parks? There is cost for the "gas" (typical monkey shit, who has gas for his public transportation system ) for the maintenance engine...

1£ for hyde park per hour per person. (Gazzz for the machine, lightning, watchers etc).

What is funny is that most of you opposing me here are fucking communists... You just want the taxes and the tickets to raise your little salary and parrots like you were real private company. Look I can go farther with Ryan air for cheaper than with your "public transport". Just lol. And please stop to take people for idiots... Those who believe you will never be able to pay your "needs", leeches.

We need taxes for parks, because nobody would pay to use them, and we wouldn't have any. What's wrong with that... no parks? Nothing, except the politicians wouldn't get to skim off the taxes if there weren't any. So they make parks just so they can tax, just so they can skim, and most people go out of town for the weekend rather than use the parks.

[signup01]

the substitution theory. The richer people pay more for the poor people. And it will meet the balance point.

[Nowl1935]

It depends upon the place where you belong. If the public official that had been elected had a good governance to their constituents then they will find a ways and make a law to have a free public Transportation for the people specially to the poor.

[Masha Sha]

It depends upon the place where you belong. If the public official that had been elected had a good governance to their constituents then they will find a ways and make a law to have a free public Transportation for the people specially to the poor.

Free (and ads free) for everyone, just hoop in... and go.