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It could potentially be used to prevent people boarding without a ticket.
by Polylactic_acid 7y ago
It could potentially be used to prevent people boarding without a ticket.
- danShumway 7y agoI'm not sure I agree. People board public transportation without tickets because they can jump turnstiles -- the authentication mechanism doesn't really factor into it. The way you prevent hoppers is you add a full gate that only turns once a person is authenticated. And then separately you authenticate at the gate using a sensible system like an NFC chip or swiped card. Now, maybe the plan is to get rid of all of the gates then automatically bill hoppers later, so it won't matter if they board without a ticket. Let's ignore the fact that this would require a city-wide database of biometric data for everyone using the subway. Even assuming a city can pull that off, you really don't want to be using an authentication mechanism that can be circumvented by a burqa/hoodie/mask and a dress/crutches/pebble. So gait analysis isn't even particularly good for after-the-fact identification of hoppers.
- clarry 7y agoI think a better plan would be to just make public transportation free. Now you eliminate the problem of trying to prevent people without tickets altogether. Decrease pollution & congestion, reduce friction in travel, and make the economically disadvantaged more equal.