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Re: Germany facing ''epidemic'' of fare evasion (POP doesn't work) |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri Feb 3 23:47:24 2012, in response to Re: Germany facing ''epidemic'' of fare evasion (POP doesn't work), posted by Olog-hai on Fri Feb 3 23:37:11 2012. One may as well have conductors on there, especially due to the manpower necessary to curtail the revenue losses.The benefit of POP is that instead of having one conductor accompanying for each run, said inspection can be done randomly and done at far more locations to with less labour. The Germans didn't develop POP for fun, but because of post-war labour shortages that required them to maximize their labour, and POP continues to allow German transit systems to have far more flexibility than with the use of conductors. More checks may be needed along with increased fines to combat the new network of farebeaters using technology, but POP has been a net to the efficiency of German transit. |
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