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Actually Vancouver had no gates at all. The ticketing was automatic and honor based.

• Mountain_Skies 7y ago
  Sort of honor based. You could be asked to show proof of payment and would get fined if you couldn't show you had paid.
• Patrick_Devine 7y ago
  This was about gates on the platform, not gates to get into the station. Those new station gates have been a complete boondoggle however. Translink spent $200 million [1] on a system which was supposed to save $2 million a year in fare evasion but people just jump through anyway. They try to put a bright spin on this saying revenue went up $30 million, but they don't talk about ridership level increases at the same time. Even if they saved $10 million a year, it would take 20 years to pay for the system, far longer than the useful life of the fare gates. [1] https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/translink-still-losing-millions-to-fare-evaders-but-its-not-tracking-numbers https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/translink-still-los...
  • jbay808 7y ago
    And the gates are very badly designed! The single-door design can't handle the peak crowds that go through them, and their 'beep' that confirms fare payment is a long monotone whine which makes it impossible to tell if you've paid successfully or the person next to you has, since all the gates are just constantly emitting a high pitched squeak. /rant