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The system is broken (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am really not against the idea. The only thing I would say is maybe try it first on areas that are already losing money on mass transit. That way we could massively increase usage. If you are not making money on something stop pretending that you are. NYC system is almost break even so leave that one for last.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm misunderstanding but I don't believe public services should need to break even. They cost money because they're a service

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I think it is nice when they do break even. It does cost money and effort to run them. I agree it is not essential that they do but it is nice. Cities have budget crisis if their system is running at cost or near it the chances of it losing funding is lower.