Ho Chi Minh City is preparing to allocate around VND7 trillion (US$280 million) annually to make bus travel free across the city, with authorities aiming to finalize the policy by late April.
Well there’s a metro they’ve been building for 25 years. They’ve competed just under half of 1 line, with 14 stations operational.
And that’s it.
Part of the issue is property acquisition. A bunch of neighborhoods have ill defined property lines and owners (its not uncommon for an allyway to be annexed by someone putting down tile and a gate at either end. Then Google maps routes you through someone’s home and they shoo you out while brandishing a cleaver).
Yeah so it’s the Bangalore route. Metro is the best form of public transportation and should be priority because buses will always get stuck in traffic. Don’t see any reason to provide free bus tickets when they’re already very cheap.
Don’t see any reason to provide free bus tickets when they’re already very cheap.
you could flip that logic. Don’t see any reason to charge for bus tickets, when they’d have to be very cheap. The small fare is still a barrier for using the bus. Removing that barrier lets people participate in society and the economy just a little bit easier
280M is a lot of money that can be used to build out better public transport which will work forever. I always take the metro over buses due to a multitude of reasons.
Buses are already cheap to operate hence the cheap fare. They don’t have to be profitable but instead they should charge fares at least from people who can afford paying them. Otherwise this will just paralyse the long term development of other more efficient solutions. I’ve seen it happen in Bangalore where traffic has completely overwhelmed roads and the commute sucks major ass because of underdeveloped metro systems. Delhi is so much better because you can catch a metro from almost anywhere.
What’s the state of other public transportation in the city?
Well there’s a metro they’ve been building for 25 years. They’ve competed just under half of 1 line, with 14 stations operational.
And that’s it.
Part of the issue is property acquisition. A bunch of neighborhoods have ill defined property lines and owners (its not uncommon for an allyway to be annexed by someone putting down tile and a gate at either end. Then Google maps routes you through someone’s home and they shoo you out while brandishing a cleaver).
It gives Kawloon Walled City sometimes.
Yeah so it’s the Bangalore route. Metro is the best form of public transportation and should be priority because buses will always get stuck in traffic. Don’t see any reason to provide free bus tickets when they’re already very cheap.
you could flip that logic. Don’t see any reason to charge for bus tickets, when they’d have to be very cheap. The small fare is still a barrier for using the bus. Removing that barrier lets people participate in society and the economy just a little bit easier
Not when BRT is done correctly
280M is a lot of money that can be used to build out better public transport which will work forever. I always take the metro over buses due to a multitude of reasons.
Buses are already cheap to operate hence the cheap fare. They don’t have to be profitable but instead they should charge fares at least from people who can afford paying them. Otherwise this will just paralyse the long term development of other more efficient solutions. I’ve seen it happen in Bangalore where traffic has completely overwhelmed roads and the commute sucks major ass because of underdeveloped metro systems. Delhi is so much better because you can catch a metro from almost anywhere.
Enforcing fares is troublesome especially if part of reason why people aren’t paying them is that they can’t afford it.