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Article #292Re: Metrocard Gripe
From: Peter Rosa
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 00:00
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In <DsL9sH.J3q@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> tbs3y@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Captain Tristan Siegel LAW III) writes: > >OK, so how about the L.A. Metro's answer to admission systems. >No tokens. No farecards. > >You just buy a little ticket that you keep in your pocket to >prove you paid your fare. There is no entrance system. You >just walk in and sit down. No one asks for your ticket when >you get in, but the "conductors" walk up and down periodically >asking to see your ticket. It's basically an honor system, but >with high fines if you get caught cheating. That might work on the L.A. Metro, where I imagine there's very light ridership, but I could anticipate chaos if New York went to the same system.
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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: prosa1@ix.netcom.com(Peter Rosa) Subject: Re: Metrocard Gripe Date: 1996/06/08 Message-ID: <4pcn5t$78g@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 159179537 references: <4p6p34$j89@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> <DsL9sH.J3q@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> organization: Netcom x-netcom-date: Sat Jun 08 3:18:05 PM CDT 1996 newsgroups: nyc.transit,dc.general,misc.transport.urban-transit