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I've always wondered whether it was an intentional feature of the BART machines that they focus on the cash value on a card rather than the trip cost. Underpayi
by aston 17y ago
I've always wondered whether it was an intentional feature of the BART machines that they focus on the cash value on a card rather than the trip cost. Underpaying isn't allowed--the gates at your destination won't let you leave--and overpaying puts petty change into the BART's coffers when you forget about/lose/toss the card.
- anigbrowl 17y agoNot to mention the need to add 5c to your ticket if you want it back at the end of the journey - say for expense or tax deduction purposes if you are making occasional but expensive long-distance trips for work assignments. I've spent >$300 on BART fares for a month-long project before, and if you exit the station with the exact fare on your ticket, there goes your receipt.
- dangrover 17y agoEvery time I've used BART, in addition to emitting a ticket, the machine emits a receipt out of the same orifice.
- anigbrowl 17y agoFor plastic yes, you're right. I tend to use cash for transit fares, I don't know why. I must have some mental block about it, because I'll even leave the station to go use the ATM, then come back and make change and then put the $5 bill in and grumble about having a pocket full of quarters. Oh well, I fail.
- dangrover 17y agoAh, that's a weird quirk. One time I got stuck inside a BART station because the machines on the outside take plastic, but the ones on the inside are cash-only. I was 40¢ short and had no cash. The person at the station let me through though. Another one of their design decisions that makes no sense :)
- jrockway 17y agoUnderpaying isn't allowed--the gates at your destination won't let you leave There is no fare correction machine on the way out?