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Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos
These cheapskates go from mode to mode bogging them down and we're supposed to chase them / lure them back with lower fares? No way. They're perfectly awful customers--willing to bog down whichever mode appears to be under-charging them. We should NOT be designing ANY transportation system for these people, street or transit.
We should be designing the system for the 97% *stay* after the fare hike (or toll hike or gas tax hike or parking fee hike or congestion charge), not appease the 3% who flee.
Congestion charges (aka peak hour pricing) are a great idea precisely because they calibrate modes to the people who actually are willing to PAY MORE for BETTER service, not those willing to bog a system down because it is cheap.
The worst outcome would be a bunch of T riders getting pissed off enough to get back into cars at rush hour, further paralyzing traffic (and hence commerce and growth) in the city.
These cheapskates go from mode to mode bogging them down and we're supposed to chase them / lure them back with lower fares? No way. They're perfectly awful customers--willing to bog down whichever mode appears to be under-charging them. We should NOT be designing ANY transportation system for these people, street or transit.
We should be designing the system for the 97% *stay* after the fare hike (or toll hike or gas tax hike or parking fee hike or congestion charge), not appease the 3% who flee.
Congestion charges (aka peak hour pricing) are a great idea precisely because they calibrate modes to the people who actually are willing to PAY MORE for BETTER service, not those willing to bog a system down because it is cheap.