That nominal charge seems useless to prevent that specific issue, a daily bus pass is $5 and you can literally just get one from someone who no longer needs it for the day. I’ve given mine away. Even just begging will get you bus fare very quickly.
I’d rather they do something like “everyone off” when they hit the end of their line, which I believe mostly already happens. That means that people can’t setup on a single bus for multiple hours, but still allows homeless to warm up if they need it for a bit.
Also, I don’t really care if something “feels’” less safe, I care if it is less safe. I haven’t heard that busses are particularly dangerous for anyone other than the bus drivers lately, the cameras are all installed now, and police do respond pretty quickly when something goes wrong.
That nominal charge seems useless to prevent that specific issue, a daily bus pass is $5 and you can literally just get one from someone who no longer needs it for the day. I’ve given mine away. Even just begging will get you bus fare very quickly.
I’d rather they do something like “everyone off” when they hit the end of their line, which I believe mostly already happens. That means that people can’t setup on a single bus for multiple hours, but still allows homeless to warm up if they need it for a bit.
Also, I don’t really care if something “feels’” less safe, I care if it is less safe. I haven’t heard that busses are particularly dangerous for anyone other than the bus drivers lately, the cameras are all installed now, and police do respond pretty quickly when something goes wrong.