Exactly. It would be cool to go out on a Saturday morning, and spend the entire day exploring, but you’d end up spending $50 on subway and bus passes. Imagine if you didn’t have to pay for transportation, and that $50 gets spent in restaurants and shops instead?
And people will use them more, getting out and exploring their city, spending money and boosting the economy.
If a fucking MTA pass wasn’t so expensive I would explore NYC endlessly
Exactly. It would be cool to go out on a Saturday morning, and spend the entire day exploring, but you’d end up spending $50 on subway and bus passes. Imagine if you didn’t have to pay for transportation, and that $50 gets spent in restaurants and shops instead?