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Posted by Gold_12th on Tue Nov 3 13:51:11 2009, in response to Re: NJT's New fare collection system {UPDATE}, posted by JAzumah on Tue Nov 3 13:29:03 2009. What do you want from a 15 cent piece of plastic? How many people use their MetroCard 5 days a week for more than one month? The cost of loading money from your worn out card to a new card is FREE. Ideal? No. Doable? Absolutely. The reason why MetroCards get stuck is because of the box mechanism. I would not have the transfers coming out of the same slot as the MetroCard goes in, but I didn't design the boxes.When you use your debit card like I do, it gets worn down too. Please visit the all the subway stations and major bus transfer stops. There are piles of MetroCards. I dont even see a debit or credit cards pile in the garbage or liter on the street. Tell that to the MTA if you insist fixing the fareboxes on buses. Perhaps a higher quality MetroCard could fix that. Perhaps one can get a six pack of MetroCards linked to the same account so that as one wears down, another can be activated. We do not need to replace the MetroCard NOW for such trivial things. Higher quality MetroCard, yeah right. You mention 15 cent plastic, add another 10 or 20 wont make a difference. Would MTA pay that? It wont last long. I still think you need to move on now with the advantages of MetroCard except there are a lot more disadvantages to MetroCard. Accept the fact that MetroCards are dont last really long. Smartcards are the future. |
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