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Intermediate Station Fare Payment on SIRT (was:Re: Scrap pecking order with R44-SI) |
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Posted by WillD on Sat Sep 2 18:01:38 2006, in response to Re: Scrap pecking order with R44-SI, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Sep 2 16:32:50 2006. YES! Intitute intermediate point fare payment on SIRT! However, the SEPTA Rt100's payment structure which you mentioned, with the operator collecting fare from passengers entering or exiting through just one door, would likely be almost unworkable, especially at peak hours. Instead a proof of payment system would allow intermediate point fare payment to be instituted on the SIRT without a change in rolling stock or the need to rearrange station platforms. Installing a subway-like barrier fare control arrangement would require a manned booth to accomodate passengers, which at most stations would be an insane waste of manpower. With proof of payment all that'd be required is maybe one or two MVMs per station, and a few smaller TVM-like devices to print out time and date stamped tickets while subtracting fares from PPR metrocards or checking if unlimited Metrocards were valid. These small printed tickets would be checked by POP enforcement officers to ensure people riding between stations are paying their fare. It might be possible that the barrier fare control at St. George could be retained to ensure the predominent peak hour flow pays their fare. The POP tickets could be encoded with a magnetic strip to pass through that faregate headed from SIRT to the ferry, and in the opposite direction a swipe of a metrocard could both unlock the turnstile and print out a ticket for their trip home. |
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