Ahhh free. Yes, give us free health care, free transportation, free food, free lodging, free, free, free. And some wonder why things are going to the dogs??? Greece is finally learning the adage regarding socialism - Sooner or later you run out of other peoples money.

Gimme, gimme, gimme, I want it, I want it all, I want it now and I want it free.

Thanks. I'm sticking with my Tri-met ticket default swaps.

Will my Qyntel Woods trading card work for Max fare?

So they can afford to pay into the pool, but they cant afford to buy a ticket?

Watch....this will happen in Portland, but will be run by the city.

Quote from the article: It’s unfair that people who live in the suburbs have to pay more for their transport than Parisians in the centre, who are richer.

If they want their cities and suburbs to start following the American model of sprawl, just go down this road - we know how this plays out.

Once again, the riders of public transit turn out to be more entrepreneurial than the operators.

Will my Qyntel Woods trading card work for Max fare?

Probably not, but I'll give you a shiny new nickel for it.

If they want their cities and suburbs to start following the American model of sprawl, just go down this road

If you were really concerned about "sprawl", wouldn't you want people in the suburbs to pay higher transport costs?

Besides, Paris already resembles Portland -- stringent land use regulations and high central city housing costs pushing people out to the urban fringe in search of cheaper housing.

...wouldn't you want people in the suburbs to pay higher transport costs?

That was exactly my point.

Paris already resembles Portland

I doubt anyone here would agree with that statement.