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If it's so easy to do better, I suspect an alternative (that works for people without smart phones) would have been mentioned in the post. As it stands, it's j
by gojomo 14y ago
If it's so easy to do better, I suspect an alternative (that works for people without smart phones) would have been mentioned in the post.
As it stands, it's just a matter of riders developing the tap-out habit.
Transit systems elsewhere have used this system. If you'd never become used to the old more casual system, you'd just always know to both tap-in, and remember to tap-out, or you'll be overcharged. If you'd been more used to, say, BART than CalTrain you'd also be better primed for the Clipper system: it works like the BART turnstiles, only without the clear physical barrier/reminder.
- catch23 14y agoHere's a possible solution -- since they still have the paper ticket mechanism, we should only have clipper handle the bulk purchases (8-ride or monthly pass). Currently, when you buy one of these bulk-ride tickets, you have to specify the zones that you'll be traveling in. Then users would only need to tag once when boarding the train.
- gojomo 14y agoThe main benefit of Clipper, though, is one stored-value card that works throughout the region: BART (commuter rail, peninsula and east bay), CalTrain (commuter rail, peninsuala/south-bay), MUNI (SF buses and rail), AC Transit (east bay buses), SamTrans (peninsula buses), GGTransit (north bay buses/ferries), etc. A tap-in card that's locked to certain prepurchased trips wouldn't be Clipper and might not be of much interest to either commuters or CalTrain operators. A ticket-book works fine for that predictable travel.