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Posted by WillD on Fri Jul 29 20:42:15 2016, in response to Re: Of Roads and Rails, posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Jul 29 18:57:03 2016. What I said was that it is not necessary to convert a route to SBS if only one or two stops are heavily utilized.But at most "major transfer points" you're going to have multiple buses loading at the same time. That's going to require several personnel to cover each location. So your argument that it might be cheaper is bunk, because you'll end up employing just as many enforcement personnel to get far more modest improvements than POP creates. A full pop set up cost millions with four machines at each stop each costing $50,000 plus you have the cost of the inspectors. You think the device your fare inspector is going to be using to accept fares at the rear door is going to be free? And again, you pay for the fare inspectors, you pay for their handheld TVM device, and then you lock them into one position so they cannot reduce fare evasion and improve boarding at all stops as a full POP setup would. So long as we're playing your game of hypotheticals onboard TVMs would also be lower cost, especially on local routes with more stops. But instead of following worldwide best practices, you insist on dredging up failed solutions from the 1950s. But I guess that's all an automobile advocate such as yourself can muster. |
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