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@jroper @tom_andraszek @TheOne Discounted long-term passes for locals would be a great middle ground between free public transport and paying a fare for each journey.
NSW offers a fare cap, and that is certainly one way of effectively implementing long-term tickets for regular commuters.
In NSW, and I'd assume in other states too, there is a photo ID card that's available to people who don't have a driver's licence. Potentially there's an opportunity there to bundle a year of public transport with the ID?
For tourists (especially from overseas), you could offer public transport fares as part of the cost of the airfare. I know there are countries overseas — Spain comes to mind — that do something like that?
Another option would be to bundle the transport fare with your council rates or weekly rent. That would acknowledge that home owners or residents who live in close proximity to public transport still benefit from the system, even if they don't use it themselves.
@ajsadauskas @jroper @tom_andraszek @TheOne I'm 100% willing to be convinced I'm wrong on this, so please do, but:
Would every $1 that's spent on this be more effective (eventually) if channelled into frequency etc?
What's that concept of "memorisable timetable" that's not even a timetable because it's every 10 mins?