Honestly my advice is just leave, if people cannot get over the fact of homeless people using something that is free and will deny it to everyone because of that, there is a deep sickness to that place.

I like Oly because it is known for having homeless people by the surrounding area, which means a whole lot of people don’t come here who I would never even want to interact with anyways. I have never had an issue with the homeless on the bus system or otherwise shrugs. Cost of housing of course is awful though…

Also on the money note, it is a bunch of nonsense, the vast majority of funding for bus systems DOES NOT come from tickets/faires, people just like the idea of nickel and diming people using the bus system because they think they deserve it, the reason most bus systems charge faires is really that stupid and petty. When you use the bus you are saving money for everybody around you, you reduce congestion, wear on the roads, risk of accident and many other benefits people typically don’t factor into the “cost” of having a bus system.

The Health Impact in 5 Years initiative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) highlights fourteen nonclinical, community-wide interventions supported by evidence of positive health impacts within five years and cost-effectiveness or cost savings over the lifetime of the population or earlier. Introducing or expanding public transportation is one of the Health Impact in 5 Years interventions. In addition, the CDC Foundation published tools for public health professionals that include a Public Health Action Guide on how public health can partner with transportation agencies to improve public transportation systems.

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/briefs/public-transportation-us-driver-health-and-equity