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[Mit-talk] Re: Mandatory T passes?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M Kelch)
Fri Oct 21 16:29:10 2005

From: Steven M Kelch <kelch@mit.edu>
To: liz smith <lizsmith@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20051021130602.258jyjuygc4c8s8k@webmail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:11:38 -0400
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So the trade off is that its super cheap, but everyone has to pay?
Id rather have a more expensive pass that was optional. The guys in
Boston that don't take the T very often since they live close to where
they want to go won't need it, and that's a pretty good chunk of
undergrads.

On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 13:06 -0400, liz smith wrote:
> Ten dollars is amazingly cheap per month... the current subsized subway 
> pass is
> $22 a month.
> 
> liz
> 
> Quoting Allie Jacobs <fishie@MIT.EDU>:
> 
> > Would that cover the bus or just subway?
> > I think it's a decent idea, although $10/month might be a little 
> > much, and it should not be mandatory. MIT should offer a discounted T 
> > pass to people that want it, like grad students that don't live on 
> > campus.
> >
> > Allie
> >
> > Jessica H Lowell wrote:
> >> According to the front page of the Tech, there's a preliminary proposal for
> >> requiring all MIT students and staff to pay $10/month in exchange 
> >> for universal
> >> T passes.  This was the first I'd heard of this, though apparently 
> >> grad students
> >> have been talking about it for a while.  What are people's opinions on this?
> >>
> >> - Jessie
> >
> 
> 
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