• curbstickle@anarchist.nexus
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    1 day ago

    In 2008, I think the train pass for where I was then would have been $65/mo

    Now that pass is… (Checking)… Oof, $100 for the weekly, $295 for the monthly.

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      1 day ago

      on a bus? what state?

      idk why a train is so much more, I think I am comparing apples to oranges here, apologies, ill hush now.

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        I was just commenting on the train pass I had at that time with the last comment.

        And NJ. NJT doesnt run everywhere (honestly it runs very little outside of a few counties IMO), there are companies that service a large portion of the state as NJT registered operators.

        I took mass transit the moment I went more than a few miles (of course it also jumped to a 30mi each way commute at that point), but ive been pure WFH for a long while now.

        That said, the increases in bus costs of late directly caused by the increases in fuel costs are astounding. A lot of people are going to be hurt by this.

        My main point in this thread has been simple - its not just car drivers impacted by fuel costs. Commuters taking mass transit are already being hit by it, and its going to get worse.