Interesting article. Maybe safety teams is not the answer maybe it is septa police but currently we have things in place to force people to pay. And currently we have an issue with drug use and homelessness on trains. Why is this any different?

I do not know you but i would assume you are not struggling financially like 23% of our population. There are many who can’t make it to their doctors appointments because they do not have the resources to make it there.

I agree safety is part of freedom. I think we can do both like over 100 cities have already implemented throughout the country.

All the costs for trying figure out how people can pay… spend it on safety teams..

They spend more setting up, running, updating (all out of date now), stopping, paying workers to sit at stops all to make people pay. 40% of septa income is via city not fare. Spend the money on septa cops or community safety officers.

Addicts and homeless are people too. Safety and payment are not the same. Free and safe can exist.

Edit: source https://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/2016/11/07/who-pays-for-septa/ and not most but 40% of revenue is from state

https://whyy.org/articles/ellison-septa-fare-free-opinion/amp/

40% of their funding is via the city… they spend so much to get people to pay. I say we just make it free. I honestly think it would save them money.

Id share sources but im lazy and it wont do anything

*regional rail can still charge ig

Edit: source https://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/2016/11/07/who-pays-for-septa/ 40% not most from state

https://whyy.org/articles/ellison-septa-fare-free-opinion/amp/