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Re: Massachusetts state senate backs plan to electrify MBTA Providence and Fairmount commuter lines |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Thu May 17 18:24:25 2018, in response to Re: Massachusetts state senate backs plan to electrify MBTA Providence and Fairmount commuter lines, posted by Olog-hai on Thu May 17 01:15:06 2018. I feel like lack of access control is what is holding back high frequency commuter rail, and also what intimidates new users. A turnstyle system makes sense - anyone can figure those out even without knowing English - the system won't let you in without enough money to go *somewhere*, and won't let you out if you don't have enough to get out at that station (and thus you would have to top up, backtrack or go negative like WMATA allows).Conductors selling tickets on board can result in a fare greater than you can afford. But, once you're on board, if you don't have enough money to get to the next station from the one you boarded, you are theoretically in "theft of services" land. PoP is the worst of the three as far as confusion - you could be out of compliance and not even know it, and unlike accidentally boarding a conductor-served train without enough cash, this can result in a surprise hefty fine. |
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