Subject: Re: I Grok Schlock
Not if you replace that with funds from elsewhere. My first choice would be property taxes in NYC. Both the residents and businesses in the city would benefit from zero-fare buses. Less expense for commuting workers. Access to more workers for business. Raising a billion dollars that way is probably a small fraction of a percent added to property taxes.

I really, really want NYC to do make their bus fares zero.
Because here's what's going to happen: they'll become rolling homeless shelters.

That always does WONDERS for the ridership experience.