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thebruns t1_jaaoftm wrote

Reply to comment by Texasian in MBTA won’t roll out $935M automated fare payment system in 2024 by weallgettheemails2

> The only thing I care about is multi-door boarding on Green Line and buses.

There was multi-door boarding on the Green Line when Charlie was introduced.

Some people started fare evasion hysteria and it ended.

There is zero guarantee the new system wont face the same result. NYC installed readers at every bus door to allow all-door boarding and then simply never launched it because of fare evasion hysteria

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alexbaguette1 t1_jaco2nz wrote

Toronto did the same thing in 2015. The agency now estimates that they lose $80 million a year (~13% of their revenue) due to fare evasion. This is purely anecdotal, but there definitely appears to be higher crime rates on the subway system since they made this change. However, the chair of the system said that making sure everyone has paid is the first step to addressing the “lawlessness” there.

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