Once again for the people at the back. The purpose of public transport is to transport the public. Making money from doing so is a secondary purpose at best.
Noone talks about the profitability of the motorway network. So why do we do the same for public transport?
@quixoticgeek the Dutch implementing/extending "surge pricing" soon in daily peak hours.
As if they don't want people to use it!
How about increasing capacity, making all non-car commutes (cycling) more attractive? Government forcing companies to allow work-from-home as the norm where possible?
(It may seem strange to bitch about lack of cycling infra in NL, but we still treat cyclists as second rate citizens, cycle path maintenance does not compare remotely to roads. Yeah, as I cyclist I should weigh 40kkg so I would flatten those roots pushing up the asphalt, whaddayasay? That thin cycle path asphalt can't carry 40kkg? So a mover making dents in the cyclepath is also OK? Etc.)
Quixoticgeek
*sigh*Ber nard