Has there been any word on when electronic fare payment (via the app) will be rolled out? Other than the latest from November when it was announced that it would be "sometime in 2020".
It would also seem like a great time to finally try some "peak-load pricing". Keep the regular fare at $3.50, but allow some discounted fares for non-commuting hours like evenings and weekends, or even mid-day on a weekday, when trains and buses are operating at well below capacity. It could be done as an app-only option to keep things easier for everyone.
I would also love to see some sort of consideration for very short trips. A five-minute, one-stop trip is much different than a 30 minute, multi-stop commute.
One argument is that there will be less revenue coming in from the same number of trips. But I would argue that there are a lot of trips that aren't taken at all because it isn't worth $7 return to do an errand or activity that's one or two stops away.
Last edited by Jimmy Stang; 02-05-2020 at 12:47 PM.
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