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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

The point is you need pretext to remove people who use the system as a living room instead of transit.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Sure but why would a fee do that? If anything that would encourage this behavior because if I pay 2$ I feel entitled to spend there as much time as I want.

    This is pretty well established theory now in behavior economy:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation_crowding_theory

    We already invented the most effective and humane fix for this - social workers. I don't think anything can work better then another person trained in handling social situations correcting the issue themselves.

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