05-26-2021, 07:02 PM
(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?
