410 Testimonies Against a Transit Fare Increase
Posted March 5th, 2009 by Matthew Lang
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The St. Stephen's Human Rights Program of Minneapolis is in the process of an innovative campaign to educate Minnesota lawmakers on the negative impact that proposed public transit fare increases would have on Minnesota's transit dependent populations. This video makes the case to resist increasing fares and includes a few of the testimonies. All 410 (and counting) testimonies can be viewed at the St. Stephen's Human Rights Program Youtube page >.
Hat tip to the Downtown Journal for covering this important story. The Downtown Journal article including an interview with the filmmakers is here >.
Really?
So if we don't have fare increases, how do people propose we ever even manage to slightly keep up with increasing costs or to expand service? Sure, a ton of money is retrieved via other means to subsidize transit, but really, the fare? It is absurdly LOW anyway. Transit riders get at least a further 10-20% of a discount on transportation of auto based drivers... so how do we make up the continuing funding gap?
Perhaps we make up the
Perhaps we make up the funding gap by now longer funding wasteful new highway construction. The idea that transit is more heavily subsidized than automobile transportation with its endless roads and freeways (all publicly financed) is a mirage.
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