| | There's a referendum today for students to vote on whether undergrad and grad should pay a mandatory fee of $50 per term for a universal bus pass. For an infrequent bus user, my initial reaction was no way. There are good points from both campaigns. Here are a few that concern me.
Yes Campaign
* Non bus users can benefit from a cleaner environment resulted from the increased use of public transportation.
* If you paid for a bus pass, you might have more incentive to use the system.
No Campaign
* Why should non bus users (which estimated to be at least more than 50% for both undergrad and grad) pay for the bus users?
* From observing the experience of other universities, it takes a long time for the improvements for the bus system to materialize, let alone the fact that there've been non concrete plans at this point, just some vague promises.
The second point in the No Campaign reminds me of the debate over whether we should contribute to WEEF since a lot of time we don't benefit from "our own money" But I am sure we benefitted from people before us and perhaps we should "pay it forward". The No Campaign also brought up a point that a lot of the money right now seems to go into the administration instead of the actual improvement (more frequent buses, extended hours) That also concerns me.
Hm...what to vote?
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| | Posted 3/28/2007 11:19 AM - 102 Views - 4 eProps - 2 comments
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