An index standardized for age shows that crime rates are 48% higher among male immigrants and 140% higher among male descendants of immigrants. 1) Theyve got the moral compass of Donald Trump. I would have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone I know who was looking for legal representation in any matter. Or better still, a Hong Konger or Singaporean who moved to either London or Paris. Is it even desirable to reduce commuting costs? We offer face to face, telephone or video consultations to best advise you and help resolve the matter as quickly and efficiently as possible. In reality, this would actually be a cost saving measure because any system to collect fares, be that fare gates or proof of payment, is very expensive, so getting your revenue from taxes instead of fares would actually be cheaper for the residents. However Sydney had a horrendously complex British style system, and worse buses and ferries were different (and it was intended to integrate everything), and eventually they couldnt do it under the contract constraints (it was part of the reason they went bust). WebAppearance, the Court will schedule a Settlement Conference to occur within ninety (90) days of the filing of the Notice of Limited Appearance. Concerns the railways not London transit. Some people got so infuriated that they went and sat in the First Class carriages (!) CNRS/INSERM or something similar, a Fondation). All real growing transit cities (in Europe, North America and Asia) will (and do) eventually face capacity constraints and to solve them a lot of new concrete and tunnelling is then always necessary. This would be different from London, where Underground makes a sizable profit, and Overground about breaks even. 70% of department 77 Seine-et-Marne) and has huge forests and national parks (eg. Also because as long as you are not going to the big London Stations once you get in to the evenings and weekends there is a big chance those stations gates will be open as they become unstaffed. And of course it is not the least ethnically discriminatory . Yeah, this makes sense. Its response last week to the cancellation of so many Southern trains was to issue a new timetable, removing one in six of its trains. I am on record on your blog as not supporting free transit, but I certainly believe in reasonable fares which inevitably means some subsidy, though it is true that it should not be called that, rather a sharing of costs among all those who benefit from transit. And on a separate point, building rail-based public transit to outer-suburban areas is essential in promoting densification in those areas, around the transit station, ie. Every dollar that doesnt come to us, in terms of fares that should be paid, is a dollar that we cant improve in service, he said at a news conference in September, according to AM New York. To add in, one more point for passes is that many operators have a special program for organizations buying them in bulk (in other words, employers can buy passes for their employees at a discount (sometimes negociated, sometimes just depending on the number of passes bought). Again, pure nonsense. This is hard to accept for our (moderate) right out of principle, but they now seem to be listening to solid arguments for operational efficiency. Heres (below) the usual b.s. That is illogical. Shrinkage happens. Thanks, BSB Solicitors. Because the higher your passenger-to-visible-check ratio is, the lower your casual evasion will be.. according to BSB Solicitors national survey. It may be possible to have some legal advice without charge. If you've been prosecuted and weren't aware,find out how to appeal. I wouldnt say that, most people are commuting from the suburbs to the center city, so on weekends the pass can be used to visit the center for shopping, cultural events, etc, not to mention any intermediate destinations along the route. I dont quite get what is hard to open . It is you who is artificially creating a them versus us war, which is reminiscent of London where there is definitely a class that would never use the Underground. But most of our metro stations are not even staffed, so fare gates would be a huge cost for limited advantage. It caused continuous scale back of services but all see it as a natural result of motorization and expansion of highway into rural area, in addition to aging and reducing population in rural area, although even the Japanese COmmunist Party is support of the union against privatization failed to imagine the scale of effect its causing right now in their PR material at the time. In Europe there are usually other societal goals for public transport than just fiscal efficiency. https://pedestrianobservations.com/2019/10/24/numerology-in-transportation/#comment-67419. You specifically dont want discounts on tolls, though the point of tolling is to discourage car traffic, e.g. No one asking for M16s. Of course with a monthly or unlimited-travel card, one doesnt think about it at all. Ditto public urination; it exists in Berlin, but not in elevators Ive seen men do it at night on the side of the secondary entrance to the S-Bahn at Neuklln (which is more or less the poorest area inside the Ring), but the area smells fine, so I suspect that either its not common enough to be a public health hazard or theres regular cleaning. https://www.transitlink.com.sg/PSdetail.aspx?ty=art&Id=76, https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/transport/trpt_fares_concession.aspx. No one is questioning that it could be done by technology. EDIT: Ignore that, the CAG thread states OP had an Oyster card, not a freedom pass. Plan a journey and favourite it for quick access in the future, Choose postcodes, stations and places for quick journey planning, Find out more about the Single Justice Procedure and how to submit your plea, London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. Similarily just put a few machines on each bus that electronically can read transport cards, and let passengers get on and off as they like. My Friday train is always half as empty as any other day. In particular off-peak travel could be way cheaper with price differentiation, and would definitely have a progressive social impact. In Paris on the RER I cant tell I believe its three figures of which the first is a 1. Most people move further from the city to save on housing costs, but that is balanced by commuting costs and time. I dont know if the EUs Open Access is involved but this wilfully stupid experiment has plenty of evidence to suggest where it ends. And the metro did develop from a tram system as was once planned for the heavier Stadtbahns. 1) BART has distance-based fares. Yeah, the lack of monthly caps on Oyster baffles me. The train companies are much more rigorous in going to the courts, mainly because the money involved in long distance commuting is so much higher. Geez. Yes, though my employer (in as much as they paid my salary since a lot of the time I was on fellowship, ie. There are various statistical ways of determining how much each agency should receive of that monthly pass. The sprawl exists. No matter how small, Martin do you really want to contribute to such sentiment? Visitors would be on app based daily or weekly passes. The travelling public in the East seems a lot more happy with their experience than the travelling public you refer to in the West. The pricing in Singapore isnt particularly complex nowadays. It might be seen as a less pressing issue when most of your systems income come from taxes (its certainly not in low subsidy systems) but is still important. I guess there could be some aspiration to greatness. Paris if flat fare so it doesnt matter and they can have more, unattended, exits far from the attended area. Nor is making it easier to follow the law going to encourage more crime to the contrary. However, what Ive encountered more resistance about is the idea that people should just be able to walk onto a bus or train. France..tampe..Paris68 .2% The transit agency is not an individual who is broken by being mugged of $100; it should think in terms of its own finances, not in terms of deterrence. Its the second most common excuse that I wish to deal with here: social fares, namely the fact that many low-income riders dont have the savings to prepay for an entire month. As to the World Cup, I really dont think one should be obliged to design a mass transit system to cope with a once in ten or twenty year event. it is clear that you dont have any experience of very well run transit city, such as in East Asia, where rich and poor regularly alike use transit. The outcome is predictably polarization and is just as disastrous here as for any other dimension of US public services. Is it a shorter trip? My other point is that Monthly or Annual Travel Passes are increasingly old news in the UK as Pay as you go with far capping is more popular, and also because 5 days a week commuting is on the decline. a healthy economy too. Highly recommend this firm, Jim was excellent and settled the case very quickly NA October 2021, I am so very grateful to Mr Skelsey who was incredibly professional and thorough when handling my case. However, turnstiles are not necessary for this. Thats not my impression but admit I dont have direct experience for several decades now. (Ile de France has a population density of 1010 people per sq km, that should say. These costs are financial, environmental and also pertain to health and wellbeing. And the chances of being killed by police will be even lower. It is evident that she is very experienced in dealing with fare evasion prosecutions and aware of the impact that a potential prosecution can have on ones career and volunteer work. Most months have a holiday in them, and there may also be a sick or vacation day thrown in. Even my last, reluctant, trip there I was forced to take a very early bus from Brighton to Heathrow. Germany is known for stereotypically being law-abiding, I am not sure how well their experience generalizes. DMU branch lines as political patronage are a waste! I then received a letterfrom Tfl saying that I was summoned to court forfare evasion. WebTo have a criminal record for fare evasion, you must be found guilty of an offence or plead guilty at Court. BVG doesnt break even on fares, but thats because of buses, not the U-Bahn. I find it quite plausible that ordinary people actually find fairness in pricing according to cost very attractive and well fair. It involves negotiations and confidential ridership data, but boils down to passenger counts, done (I believe) once every three years. Any maintenance on these escalators requires wearing haz-mat suits. We can see this in big cities built in the age of the car like LA, US sunbelt cities, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane. To me, it is quite obvious that monthly passes only exist as they were a practical low-tech practical solution before modern technology (which was a reasonable motivation). One could envision that stationing 1 officer / entry watching for fare evasion should bring that fare evasion down to nearly 0 regardless of types of gates, as well as put a significant dent at crime since anyone chased out of the system can quickly be apprehended. Instead of forever delaying spending money today for appropriate infrastructure that will serve the city for ages, they have constantly convinced themselves and the politicians they can play these games with the travelling public. Knowledgeable and responsiveness with a great outcome. Its a proxy for lawlessness, for police racism, for public safety, for poverty. Why? BUT, this is expensive. It is not like we are arguing about some fantasy scenarios, I am just saying that the West could adopt systems more similar to the East (where it evidently works very well). In todays Guardian. We operate as a form of "legal triage" where commenters can guide posters towards resolving issues themselves or towards an appropriate professional. Of course it will. *I already hate the newer online ticketing and information systems. You must submit a plea of guilty or not guilty within 21 days from the date of the notice. It also wants to improve efficiency in order to procure a better rail service for Ile-de-France residents without increasing operating costs. Probably best to seek actual legal advice from a solicitor than take advice from an Internet forum where your criminal record is at stake. Its because the software can only remember so many trips, right? But the government still think this is a severe problem to the government budget, and is now proposing the adaption of a new ID-based system for the elderly discount, requiring elderly across the city obtain a new transit card with their name and photo printed onto it, and show the photo to drivers or ticket validators whenever they want to ride public transit, so as to avoid such sort of abuse. Two years ago, BART announced that it would supplement its fare barriers with proof-of-payment inspections, done by armed cops, and lied to the public about the prevalence of such a belts-and-suspenders system. And it does an appalling job. If you require advice you should contact a solicitor. This situation requires not only a shift in the thinking concerning the ownership of commuting infrastructure, but also a radical restructuring of its funding model.