05-26-2021, 07:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-26-2021, 07:53 PM by danbrotherston.)
(05-26-2021, 07:02 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(05-26-2021, 06:43 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I do disagree though, there is no situation where a family will get a second car for less than transit...the adult pass is 90 per month or 1080 per year...even if you got a free car, insurance plus gas will be more than that. There are plenty of folks who might choose to own a car even though it is more expensive, but that decision will not be financially motivated.
But remember that in this area, a car is worth much more than transit (assuming a free driver is available).
For a family of 5, those passes would add up to $5400 per year, which might be into the range of covering a basic used vehicle and which regardless is a substantial fraction of any lower income person’s income. I agree that seniors as a class don’t need a discount; the seniors for whom such a policy is designed should be covered by a non-age-specific program (well, actually I think there should be a guaranteed annual income and no special programs to make things cheap for poor people, but that’s another story).
Kids are another matter. Don’t they know that you need to get your clients hooked early?
Transit passes and especially tickets can be shared. If this is a second car for occasional use--even by various people, then a single transit pass, or a bunch of tickets will serve the same purpose.
If all these people need daily access to transportation, then they would also EACH need their own car, so it would also be five times as expensive as a single car.
If some of them are kids, then frankly the value of having them be able to get around on their own without being dependent on their parents would exceed the value of a car.
That being said, I wonder what the age is that people around here would start calling the police upon seeing a child on their own.