Instigator / Pro
21
1500
rating
12
debates
45.83%
won
Topic
#5928
Should public transportation be free?
Status
Finished
The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.
Winner & statistics
After 3 votes and with 13 points ahead, the winner is...
McMieky
Parameters
- Publication date
- Last updated date
- Type
- Standard
- Number of rounds
- 3
- Time for argument
- Twelve hours
- Max argument characters
- 10,000
- Voting period
- One week
- Point system
- Multiple criterions
- Voting system
- Open
Contender / Con
8
1500
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2
debates
0.0%
won
Description
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Round 1
Thank you Quasimoto for our accepting my debate
First, free public transit would significantly reduce ecomonic barriers for people
with lower incomes. Because many people cant afford daily transportation costs,
which impacts their ability to go to work and acess their educations, and essentail
service. By getting red of the cost, we promote economic opportunitys for all citizens
Furthermore, if transportation was free it as lead to increased ridership, leading
to less vehicles on the roads. This reduction in traffic would lead to less carbon
emission, improve air quality, and help fight climate change. Studies show from cities
that have implemented freepublic transit show up to 30% increase in ridership.
Adding on to that, the economic benefits extend farther than individual savings
Reducing traffic congestions could save up to billions of dollars in other areas.
countries like Tallinn, estonia, and luxembourg have implemented free public transit,
proving its viability.
In conclusion, free public transportation is not just an idealistic proposal
but a partical solution that helps multiple societal challenges hile promoting
equality, enviromental sstuainability, and economic growth at the same time.
Forfeited
Round 2
Ill let my opponent go again.
no, no , no ,no , no , no ,no ,no ,no ,no ,no i win
Round 3
Forfeited
Forfeited
Basically this site works differently than just about all of the others. Two people go head to head in each debate. Others I've seen are more like a list of points made by every random person, without any conclusion.
This isn't me and Quasimoto's first debate. In our first ever debate they actually participated but I dont know what happened to them.
The main benefits of public transport are reduction in congestion and a reduced personal transport cost for the user. As the question is about money then in this case it is the individual or group who are taking public transport that are saving money right? If the question is about accessibility then the solution could be free tickets for individuals who make <X per annum for example. P.S. I've just signed on to this site and don't know how it works so forgive me if I'm doing it wrong but there wasn't an immediately obvious option to add an argument to this thread so I've made do :)