AndThisIsMrsPeacock 🏳‍🌈<p>Now for the interesting thing the RTA discovered:</p><p>(These numbers are from memory and probably not exact, but generally the gist of it.)</p><p>The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Worcester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worcester</span></a> RTA was collecting about $7M in fares pre-COVID. So it was assumed we'd need to come up with an annual $7M budget increase to keep the system free.</p><p>But.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/WorcPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorcPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MAPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transit</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bus</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UrbanTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanTransit</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransit</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a></p>