What do you think of how transfers are done in Chicago, where there is no free transfer? If you take a bus, then transfer to train within two hours, it is $2.00 (bus) + $0.25 (transfer) = $2.25. If you transfer from train to bus, it is $2.25 (train) +$0.25 (transfer) = $2.50. This unfairly penalizes train-bus transfers. I believe the first transfer should be free, period. Because of the grid system, some trips may take two bus rides (to go diagonally, you have to take a bus west, then south, for example, since there is not always direct service).