In town for a few months. Been watching the tap on rates on the trams.

I’m going to hazard an approximation of about 20% of people are actually tapping on. Maybe 30% at a stretch.

Surely if they did a Brisbane, and dropped it to 50c or even $1, then most everyone would tap.

There comes a point , when things are affordable rnough, that it’s not worth the risk / anxiety.

At current pricing it’s obviously still worth the risk.

I can only imagine if the 70% or so that are not paying, paid $1, that there’d be more money in the system.

  • Evil_incarnate@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Years ago in Germany, some people worked out the odds of getting caught without a ticket and found that it wasn’t worth buying a ticket. They formed a group and if anyone got fined, they all paid the fine together. Then when the government found out, they doubled the fine.