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Re: $787K Study Seeks to Find Ways to Encourage Subway Riders to Ride LIRR and MNRR |
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Posted by Nilet on Mon Apr 9 03:23:09 2018, in response to Re: $787K Study Seeks to Find Ways to Encourage Subway Riders to Ride LIRR and MNRR, posted by lirr42 on Sun Apr 8 12:13:03 2018. It's incredibly difficult to combine POP with a zoned fare system since fare inspectors can't determine where you boarded or where you're going— if the inspectors check me at Hicksville and I'm holding a valid two-zone intermediate ticket, how can they tell I boarded at Penn Station and I'm going to Yaphank? You could make the tickets specify origin and destination, but that would greatly limit flexibility— your Ronkonkoma monthly isn't valid on a Babylon train so buy a separate ticket or brave the delays.If you switch to a flat fare, then POP works more easily, but it also opens other options, such as the Staten Island approach where tickets are checked (or fare enforcement is conducted) only at city terminals (and maybe Jamaica, Woodside, 125th, Fordham, etc). Intermediate trips are free, but that's only a small chunk of the traffic anyway. Or alternatively, another option would just be to make all transit free, but that would be vehemently opposed by the bitter unpleasant people who can't see anyone else get anything remotely valuable without obsessing over whether they "deserve" it. |
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