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Originally Posted by Wormius
I suppose at the very least it would give CT an idea of how many people would be willing to take public transit. What is the operations cost of CT right now? If the economy were better, maybe the City could try an experiment for a year. More people taking transit = less people on the road = less accident = less emergency personal spending time responding to accidents. Can that be quantified? I mean, today was an okay driving day, but there was at least half-dozen little accidents all over Deerfoot alone.
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I would say the current system is near capacity during peak hours so I don’t think you’d get much benefit just making it free. I think discounted evenings, weekends and families could improve ridership in non peak hours