Why making public transport free is a bad idea

<p>That reasoning is appealing but happens to hold some misconceptions.</p> <p>First, the city of Paris isn&rsquo;t in charge of the transport system. It is actually the &Icirc;le-de-France region through the regional transport authority, &Icirc;le-de-France Mobilit&eacute;s (the local equivalent of London&rsquo;s TFL, which I happen to work for). Ms. Hidalgo knows it and it is obviously more of a political move, but it shouldn&rsquo;t overcloud the question: would free public transport help reduce the number of cars on the roads?</p> <p>The major problem with free public transport is that it creates the perception of a no-cost service. Just as car drivers commonly assume that there is no cost involved in driving their car somewhere. The catch of the car-based system is that the car trip is not in fact free &mdash; one should at least include gas, parking space, insurance and depreciation costs, even if environmental cost could also be part of the equation.</p> <p><a href="https://lucileramackers.medium.com/why-making-public-transport-free-is-a-bad-idea-2f8ead184748"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>