In town for a few months. Been watching the tap on rates on the trams.
I’m going to hazard an approximation of about 20% of people are actually tapping on. Maybe 30% at a stretch.
Surely if they did a Brisbane, and dropped it to 50c or even $1, then most everyone would tap.
There comes a point , when things are affordable rnough, that it’s not worth the risk / anxiety.
At current pricing it’s obviously still worth the risk.
I can only imagine if the 70% or so that are not paying, paid $1, that there’d be more money in the system.
Years ago in Germany, some people worked out the odds of getting caught without a ticket and found that it wasn’t worth buying a ticket. They formed a group and if anyone got fined, they all paid the fine together. Then when the government found out, they doubled the fine.
Isn’t that what happened with the streaking laws here…?