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Here'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).

by catch23 14y ago

Here'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 ago
The 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.