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The current technology already allows the fare system to accurate calculate how many km you have travelled when exiting the station, so what prevents us from adopting a purely distance based fare system? I don't even think the staged (zoned) fare system is right, as it is still quite arbitrary and those who need to just crossed the zone cutoff line always lose.
It is unarguably fair to charge each passenger the exact distance he/she travelled. For example, it is wrong to charge some traveling from Don Mills to Kipling and one from Queen to St George, simply because the first person takes 10 times the resources the second does.
Assuming TTC's operating expenses are composed of 1) fixed cost 2) variable cost. it should be pretty straight forward to develop a formula on fare. Each passengers pays a fixed base fee to cover fixed cost and a variable fee based on distance travelled
Fare = base fee ($) + distance travelled X per km charge $/km
For example: if base fee is $0.8 and per km charge is $0.02/km (only for illustration purposes, but the numbers do make some sense here)
if you travel from King to Dundas, you pay 0.8 + 0.02*0.85 = $0.9
if you travel from King to Bloor/Yonge, you pay 0.8+ 0.02X2.4km = $1.3
if you travel from King to Eglington, you pay 0.8 + 0.02X6.7km = $2.1
if you travel from King to Finch, you pay 0.8 + 0.02 X 12.8km = $3.3
I think it is fair to all passengers, and the third person shouldn't complain about paying 2.5 times the fare the first one does, when he travelled 5 times the distance.
this, however, may be difficult to apply on buses, but that's a different topic, although not entirely impossible. Surface transit costs are much lower, and a flat fee probably suffices (you get discount if transfer from subway to bus/streetcars).
Put subsidy aside, ttc's shortfall is largely due to not charging enough those who regularly travel 15km+ every day, honestly.
You can reduce the fare to "encourage" taking transit instead of driving, but it is unfair to impose the cost to short distance passengers.
It is unarguably fair to charge each passenger the exact distance he/she travelled. For example, it is wrong to charge some traveling from Don Mills to Kipling and one from Queen to St George, simply because the first person takes 10 times the resources the second does.
Assuming TTC's operating expenses are composed of 1) fixed cost 2) variable cost. it should be pretty straight forward to develop a formula on fare. Each passengers pays a fixed base fee to cover fixed cost and a variable fee based on distance travelled
Fare = base fee ($) + distance travelled X per km charge $/km
For example: if base fee is $0.8 and per km charge is $0.02/km (only for illustration purposes, but the numbers do make some sense here)
if you travel from King to Dundas, you pay 0.8 + 0.02*0.85 = $0.9
if you travel from King to Bloor/Yonge, you pay 0.8+ 0.02X2.4km = $1.3
if you travel from King to Eglington, you pay 0.8 + 0.02X6.7km = $2.1
if you travel from King to Finch, you pay 0.8 + 0.02 X 12.8km = $3.3
I think it is fair to all passengers, and the third person shouldn't complain about paying 2.5 times the fare the first one does, when he travelled 5 times the distance.
this, however, may be difficult to apply on buses, but that's a different topic, although not entirely impossible. Surface transit costs are much lower, and a flat fee probably suffices (you get discount if transfer from subway to bus/streetcars).
Put subsidy aside, ttc's shortfall is largely due to not charging enough those who regularly travel 15km+ every day, honestly.
You can reduce the fare to "encourage" taking transit instead of driving, but it is unfair to impose the cost to short distance passengers.
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