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Posted by WillD on Sun Sep 3 18:37:17 2006, in response to Re: Scrap pecking order with R44-SI, posted by David of Broadway on Sun Sep 3 07:58:57 2006. If you used Metrocards alone how would the fare be collected and how would the validation take place?I realize that for unlimited ride ticket holders this would be no problem, since they paid up to 30 days before and the MTA already has their money. However, if a PPR metrocard user is always going to have to have their ticket swiped by a POP enforcement officer to collect a fare then that's going to end up being an incredible drain on the utility of those officers at which point they might as well just use conductors. I realize you could do something where a small TVM or other component of an MVM encodes the valid until time and date onto the Metrocard which would then be checked by a reader carried by the POP enforcement officer. The interesting thing with that arrangement is that while the platform validator TVM-thing could subtract 2 dollars should somebody attempt to evade the fare the POP enforcement officer could immediately collect say 20 to 50 dollars from a PPR card provided the fare evader had a pay per ride metrocard with that amount of money on it. However, it's unlikely that any fare evader would be walking around with a metrocard with that amount of money on it, and if the validity of a ticket can only be ascertained by an electronic reader then the customer is completely out of luck if they forget when their ride is valid until. I'm afraid I just don't see how a Metrocard POP system using only metrocards can be a viable solution. Care to enlighten me? |
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