From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 10:23:00 PM UTC-5, danny burstein wrote:   
      
   > Looks like they're about to reintroduce   
   > the DannyPass as a bus travel standard [a]   
   >   
   > https://dcist.com/story/22/12/06/free-metrobus-service-dc-council-first-vote/   
   >   
   > [a] during the initial horrors of SARS-II, dannyb was instrumental   
   > in getting NYC to close off the front doors on buses, have passngers   
   > enter through the rear, block off the first five rows, and thanks   
   > to that decision... NYC bus drivers kept coming to work.   
   >   
   > (If the bus system had shut down, NYC would have, too).   
   >   
   > To give credit where due, dannyb saw Detroit announce   
   > this on Tuesday, promoted it in NYC... and they prepared   
   > it over the weekend   
      
   Nothing in that story about how they think they're going to pay for it.   
      
   If we ever get Congestion Pricing, will the fares go away?   
   I think not.   
      
   I don't know how NJT paid for the free rides we got for many   
   months in 2020. Service wasn't reduced, at least in the metro   
   area.   
      
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