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.
There’s been a lot of cutbacks in most countries that mean public transport isn’t as good as it could be. There should be some safety staff, but most places won’t have them. It sucks. Hopefully any place that experiments with free public transport will still keep some staff around, even if it’s not the most bigmoney move
I don’t believe there are any staff aboard the automated trains in Vancouver. Perhaps it depends on historical perception of safety on the system.
There’s been a lot of cutbacks in most countries that mean public transport isn’t as good as it could be. There should be some safety staff, but most places won’t have them. It sucks. Hopefully any place that experiments with free public transport will still keep some staff around, even if it’s not the most bigmoney move