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Originally Posted by SeoulFire
under-serviced using 1980s technology in fare collection/management.
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Amen to that. Cities like London, Sydney, Frankfurt, New York, and Barcelona have fare gates that work with magnetic swipe card, or smart cards. Why doesn't city council try to be more like the great cities of the world, and spend less time trying to compare ourselves to Edmonton.
I've taken it downtown for 3 years in a row, and never had my ticket checked during rush hour. I'm pretty sure half the people on it aren't paying, its too packed for them to check tickets anyway. You'd easily make the cost of the system back.
They say 90+% of people are paying, but that's when they're checking outside of rush hour (at least on the NW line)
Michael