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Originally Posted by phil235
Again, not rare. I've lived in Toronto and Montreal and those kinds of trips are very common for people in the urban area who don't commute every day. Those people are not going to have a pass, but they do tend to buy a 10-trip card or equivalent to use when they need it (of course that option isn't available in Ottawa because OC Transpo completely lacks imagination).
As for covering the fare, you are right it would not cover the full operating costs. But no transit fare does, in Canada at least. The point is that these types of rides and riders cover far more of the operating costs than a long distance commuter does, and they do it throughout the day. This is less about adding extra buses and more about refocusing transit where it is used regularly and as an all day service and where it is more economically viable.
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2km is basically Front to College. Under most traffic conditions a bus is not going to beat a pedestrian by much if at all. I can’t see a lot of people who don’t have mobility challenges or carrying luggage, etc. to pay a full fare rather than walk.
It might be a different calculation in the suburbs
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