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Re: It's Official In Staten Island! (SIR) |
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Posted by Hank Eisenstein on Mon Jan 18 10:36:13 2010, in response to Re: It's Official In Staten Island! (SIR), posted by Olog-hai on Sun Jan 17 23:16:24 2010. The bottom line on Fare Collection for the SIR was that the annual cost of Installation and maintenance of the collection equipment would not be as cost effective as allowing the relatively small percentage of riders whose trips DON'T terminate or originate in St. George a free ride. It was also determined that a large number of these 'free' riders transferred to/from buses on their trip, meaning they would have had a free transfer anyway.The bigger problem with the elimination of the fare between stations was an increase in crime and vandalism on the trains, as there were no longer conductors or trainmen walking through the cars every other stop. That aside, a new look should be taken towards using a POP system for fare collection on the SIR, identical to what is used for the Bx12 SBS service. But again, would the cost of implementation equal to the anticipated recovery rate? My guess is no. |
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