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Distance based charging is absolutely coming long term. The contactless system is the ground work for it. It cannot be implemented with metrocards currently wit
by delfinom 7y ago
Distance based charging is absolutely coming long term. The contactless system is the ground work for it. It cannot be implemented with metrocards currently without creating absolutely massive bottlenecks to leave stations at rush hour.
- rincebrain 7y agoHow does contactless avoid that bottleneck problem? Even if you have a system with 99% or more success rate on first "swipe", it's still going to bottleneck quite badly.
- dvtrn 7y agoEver take the CTA in Chicago? Completely contactless. Discounting the speed walkers who nearly cartwheel over the turnstile we manage to put millions through a day without bottlenecking the fare/board process even on busses (with the exception of those types of riders who will watch the bus coming down the road blocks away and still forget to have their pass ready)