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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Aug 26, 2021 14:32:07 GMT -8
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Nick
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Post by Nick on Aug 26, 2021 23:13:20 GMT -8
Gotta say... this is a good change. They were still using a very archaic method of collecting fares (cash only, punch cards for multi-trips) and it was a right pain in the behind as an infrequent user. I always wondered what percentage of costs were born by the fares... it can't have been high. |
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Post by Mike C on Aug 27, 2021 9:19:43 GMT -8
Gotta say... this is a good change. They were still using a very archaic method of collecting fares (cash only, punch cards for multi-trips) and it was a right pain in the behind as an infrequent user. I always wondered what percentage of costs were born by the fares... it can't have been high. Deep in the article it notes that the total annual operating expenditure for the ferry system is $10.7m annually, and fares cover about $1.3m of that. They’ll likely extract a lot of economic growth and tourist spend out of that $1.3m hit. |
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