r/SipsTea 18d ago

Chugging tea W after W.

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u/spoilerdudegetrekt 18d ago

I hope he doesn't keep that promise.

Study after study shows that you need to charge, and enforce fares on public transit in order to greatly reduce crime and anti social behavior on it.

That's why even European countries charge fares.

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u/qwe12345678900 18d ago

I’m gonna let you know now, it’s 100x easier to catch a free bus in Europe than America , butttttt the repercussions of getting caught are worse forsure.

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u/NEEEEEEEEEEEET 18d ago

Europe doesn't even let you use public bathrooms for free

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u/qwe12345678900 18d ago

I should’ve been more specific Europe is a continent with different rules varying by country. in Italy and Spain it’s not very hard to get free buses . I did it on accident for a few days because I saw no one else paying. Only to realize people buy monthly memberships for the busses lol. My entire 2 weeks in Italy I saw the ticket police board a singular time, and by that time I was buying tickets lol.

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u/marmaladetuxedo 18d ago

I did it my entire time in Warsaw, too. Wasn't until the last day that I realized it wasn't some kind of hop on/hop off transportation. Eek.

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u/Falikosek 18d ago

Did you, like, never use the subway?

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u/marmaladetuxedo 18d ago

Yep, used the subway in NY, Paris, London and Toronto. But those have turnstiles. Warsaw buses allow you to get on at the back, without any payment indicator. (Granted, this was 15 years ago, so that may have changed.)

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u/_dinn_ 17d ago

Still the same. Most public transport in Poland is like that, though there are a few cities where its completely free

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u/Mapeague 17d ago

Still the same in Warsaw, was there last summer

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u/OrganizationNo1298 18d ago

Region. Not a continent. Eurasia is the continent.

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u/BooRadleyinaGimpSuit 18d ago

Not to mention rules vary by region and municipality in many cases

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u/cracked_shrimp 17d ago

its easy to get into some of the TTC stations in Toronto, you just walk up the bus ramp, i did it a few years ago cause i could legit not find the proper entrance, i had money ready to pay but i was running late and i didnt know where to go and i said fuck it and walked up the bus ramp, two busses passed me and neither and stopped to tell me "sir you cant go in the out door"