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Originally Posted by mwadswor
While it's not the most politically correct thing to do, another option would be to have higher fares for rail than bus. It's not so common in the western hemisphere, but in dense Asian cities it's not uncommon for the richest to drive, the middle class to take rail transit and express busses, and the lower classes to take local busses. It's not like the subway is hurting for riders or competing with cars for cost effectiveness. Raise the prices as much as they need to be raised for proper subway service, but leave bus fares low for the poor.
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This wouldn't do much in NY since very few buses travel between boroughs. Most everyone traveling from, say, Queens to Manhattan would still need to take the subway, rich and poor alike. And buses don't travel between boroughs because the geography of New York funnels traffic into choke points at bridges and tunnels which wouldn't be able to handle the vast increase in bus service needed to transport the poor.