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Eat More Beef posted...

Raise taxes to pay for free public transportation. It's a small thing to start with (maybe an extra $10 to $20 for those that live in the municipality that has these things). Those that use it save money on their monthly passes, while those that don't use it may be persuaded to use it since they're paying for it. Use it as a try-out. If it works well, try rolling the program out on a larger level. It has to be taxes on everyone, otherwise you won't get enough money to upgrade the existing service. Think what the metros/busses could do with an influx of hundreds of millions of dollars.

The reason I chose that as my starting point is because, during the 80s, to clean up crime in NYC, the mayor didn't "go big or go home." He simply began a crack down on those that jumped the metro turnstiles. Once implemented, they saw a drastic drop in crime not only in the subways, but across the board. It's rather funny that one small thing could impact such a larger area.

Seems to me, those two points are contradictory.