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Originally Posted by bizaro86
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
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More than half of LRT riders access it by using the feeder buses, where fares are checked.
Also, fare gates are likely not in the offing due to impracticality given designs of stations, but fare payment systems will be upgraded in the next couple years, almost certainly using some form of smart card.