i can’t remember how many times we the voters in florida have shot this down and they still insist on ramming it down our throats.....
I remember the first time my wife & I used Tri-Rail.
As good citizens of Boca Raton, we thought we would do good to go by train to some event in West Palm Beach.
As we looked over the fare chart, we saw that students, seniors & those “disenfranchised” on various programs of aid did not have to pay to use the Tri Rail.
There were also other “groups” who had had reduced fares but my good wife and I, good tax paying (esp. in Palm Beach County) citizens that we are, had to pay the full fare!
This was circa 1994-95 maybe.
It was losing money then and I remember the idiots in charge decided to expand the bus routes to the train stations as the solution to why it was losing money.
At that point in time, Tri- Rail had less than 10,000 riders per day - god knows how many actually paid a fare.
Oh, yes, that was the last time my wife & I rode the Tri-Rail.