[1637] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
[Mit-talk] Re: Mandatory T passes?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Milo)
Fri Oct 21 16:35:22 2005
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:37:56 -0400
To: mit-talk@MIT.EDU, ec-discuss@MIT.EDU
From: Milo <milo@MIT.EDU> (by way of daniel e mcanulty <mcanulty@mit.edu>)
Errors-To: mit-talk-bounces@MIT.EDU
I think it would be awesome if I could get a T pass for 10 bucks a month.
Just last weekend I used the T 4times in one day. I plan on using it twice
today, twice tomorrow, and twice on sunday. That's already 12 times in two
weeks or $12.50! Granted I get out a lot more than most people, I think
this plan would be perfect if it wasn't imposed on everyone by force
because that never goes over well. But given the choice, I think most
people will buy into the program.
~milo
>i think it's quite a nice offer, even for dorm residents, though most
>especially for those in ec and senior house. as one of those people who
>was often scraping for pennies, on the months when i had a t pass, i was
>still able to travel in relative comfort without financial regret,
>definitely causing me to get out and about more even in inclement
>weather. and on the days when i needed to stretch my food money as far as
>possible, i knew i could make it to a star almost as easily as i could
>make it to laverdes.
>
>dan
>
>
>At 01:34 PM 10/21/2005, TIM@MIT wrote:
>>True. True. I was being a little sarcastic in that reply, so I take most
>>of it back. I don't totally agree that it should be mandatory, but
>>unfortunately that's the only way something like this is going to be as
>>cheap as it is.
>>Eric Jonas wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>There are many undergrads who are receiving private scholarships and
>>>Federal Financial Aid to cover a large part of that $43k/year; I know as
>>>an undergrad I had to work almost every term to make ends meet and
>>>not be too much of a burden on my family. $10 may not be a lot to you,
>>>but to some MIT students its a decent chunk of money that they'd prefer
>>>to make a choice about.
>>> ...Eric
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