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Article #303Re: Metrocard Gripe
From: Matthew Mitchell
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 00:00
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In article <4pcn5t$78g@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com>,
prosa1@ix.netcom.com(Peter Rosa) wrote:
>In <DsL9sH.J3q@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> tbs3y@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU
>(Captain Tristan Siegel LAW III) writes:
>>You just buy a little ticket that you keep in your pocket to
>>prove you paid your fare.
POP (proof of payment) for short
>That might work on the L.A. Metro, where I imagine there's very light
>ridership, but I could anticipate chaos if New York went to the same
>system.
Not necessarily. The inspections can also be done on the platform, as
people are waiting and as people queue at the exits.
/_\ Matthew Mitchell, Newsletter Editor
/[ ]\ Delaware Valley Association of Railroad Passengers
/ | \ PO Box 7505, Philadelphia PA 19101-7505
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112ce4,bff7d4d41bac2833 X-Google-Attributes: gid112ce4,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,ba84b781c3041450 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 10ca13,bff7d4d41bac2833 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ca13,public From: mmitchel@libertynet.org (Matthew Mitchell) Subject: Re: Metrocard Gripe Date: 1996/06/10 Message-ID: <ADE185E29668B72284@ts11-03.upenn.edu> X-Deja-AN: 159428263 references: <4p6p34$j89@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> <DsL9sH.J3q@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <4pcn5t$78g@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com> organization: Delaware Valley Association of Railroad Passengers newsgroups: nyc.transit,dc.general,misc.transport.urban-transit