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Article #261POPs (Was Re: Metrocard Gripe)
From: James D. Umbach
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 00:00
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>The practice in most cities is for POP inspectors to work in teams. In >NYC, you just have to make the teams larger. Here in Sacramento, LRT has a rather peculiar way of handling the inspections. Yes, you still have a pair of inspectors board the trains, and that is the usual deal. However, on occasion, as the train is approaching a station the operator will announce "Next stop is ________. Please remain seated and have your tickets ready for inspection. Thank you." At the station, 5 inspectors and a police officer board the train, each at a different door. Every single person on the train is checked, and the inspection is done within 20 seconds. They also get people coming off the train and check them for tickets. Then the officers/inspectors wait at the station for the next train. They do that for a couple hours, then move to another station. I've only seen this done once (at the 12th and I station). Most of the times I'm not checked, and every other time has been the standard way. James D. Umbach Citrus Heights, CA, USA Acts 2:4
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112ce4,bff7d4d41bac2833 X-Google-Attributes: gid112ce4,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,ba84b781c3041450 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 10ca13,bff7d4d41bac2833 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ca13,public From: j_umbach@ix.netcom.com(James D. Umbach) Subject: POPs (Was Re: Metrocard Gripe) Date: 1996/06/15 Message-ID: <4pvdbm$22a@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 160376153 references: <4p6p34$j89@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> <DsL9sH.J3q@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <4pcn5t$78g@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com> <ADE185E29668B72284@ts11-03.upenn.edu> <wb8fozDssFv7.4ID@netcom.com> <ADE82C029668EA7F14@ts11-38.upenn.edu> organization: Netcom x-netcom-date: Sat Jun 15 5:27:02 PM CDT 1996 newsgroups: nyc.transit,dc.general,misc.transport.urban-transit