[1621] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
[Mit-talk] Re: Mandatory T passes?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (TIM@MIT)
Fri Oct 21 16:29:10 2005
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:06:50 -0400
From: "TIM@MIT" <supertim@mit.edu>
To: Jessica H Lowell <jessiehl@mit.edu>
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So, assuming this goes all year, thats $120. Ride the Suway 46 times
(assuming you make a round trip), or the bus 60 times, and it pays for
itself. That's really not very much...less than once a week.
It encourages public transportation.
It pushes students to get off campus and into the city
People who live off campus (esp. in Back Bay and Beyond...Frats) don't
have to deal with a failing SafeRide to get to class
I can see where a few people might get upset about having to pay an
extra $10/month, but when you're already paying upwards of $43K...what's
another hundred?
-Tim
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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