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Re: Metrocard Gripe

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From: Colin R. Leech
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 00:00
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Rex (rex@intr.net) writes:
> All I can say is that New Yorkers are EXTREMELY lucky to have a choice. ...
> I Washington DC, farecards are the ONLY way to pay your fare. ...
> Give me token clerks with bad attitudes any day.

Oh, them's fightin' words! :-) The DC system is often held up as a shing
example of successful fare collection in an urban transit system.
(Geez, I though Jason had written this article ...)


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From: ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech)
Subject: Re: Metrocard Gripe
Date: 1996/06/05
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