spezJul 28, 2023

The NYC subway is using AI to detect fare dodgers

https://sh.itjust.works/post/1859485

The NYC subway is using AI to detect fare dodgers - sh.itjust.works

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Show threadmarkrJul 28, 2023
Mass transit should be free.
Show threaduser75736572Jul 28, 2023
It’s a service that costs money to maintain
Show threadmarkrJul 28, 2023
Yes it is. Luckily we have a system of taxation. By ‘free’ I mean of course ‘at the point of use’. We could provide 100% subsidies for mass transportation for probably around 100 years before we would approach equity with the subsidies we have given to fossil fuels and private transportation.
Show threaduser75736572Jul 29, 2023
The reason people don’t use public transport is because right now it absolutely sucks in most places if you want more people to use them then they need to be privatised so a business that actually has an insentive to provide a good service can take over and make them great ( for example look at Japan). This way you can also lower taxes a bit which is great for the economy
Show threadmarkrJul 29, 2023
Oh I agree. Use cost is one major problem, quality and non-existence is the other. However privatization is neoliberal bullshit. It doesn’t guarantee quality. It guarantees that profits will be extracted and therefore use cost will increase and/or quality will decrease.
Show threaduser75736572Jul 29, 2023
Companies actually have to make their customers happy, if there is adequate competition it will definitely work out, if you look at almost any industry (that isn’t overegulated) the customers are satisfied, companies have real insentives governments don’t.
Show threadmarkrJul 29, 2023
There is no competition for train lines. That is just stupid. Also multiple competing local bus services is equally stupid. Some services just don’t fit in the neoliberal model.
Show threaduser75736572Jul 29, 2023
Ther’s no competition if you have a bureaucrat approving only specific train lines if you just live it to the free market it’ll be alright
Show threadmarkrJul 29, 2023

I’ll try this slowly: it would be idiotic to have multiple rail systems providing the same routes.

Please research ‘natural monopolies’ because that is the history of the unregulated development of the rail industry. If you are going to spout right-libertarian ideology, at least have some understanding of the history of capitalism.

Show threaduser75736572Jul 29, 2023
Ther’s nothing wrong with having many rail systems serve the same route but the bureaucracts won’t let it happen, which is exactly how monopolies are formed. If the government only approves one company to build a train somewhere of course it’s going to be a monopoly. Monopolies cannot happen in a completely free market, without artificial boundaries competition will always be able to provide a service more attractive to consumers expect if the established company is providing an excellent service
Show threadmiles
yes please i really want even more of my already-overpopulated living space consumed by redundant concrete and metal, sounds great!
Jul 30, 2023 at 3:00amWeb