James Sinclair

Perfectly crafted candidates by the generic democrat focus group steering committee

Many people are asking these questions

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It is imperative that we do, that future of both states is at stake

She is from out of state.

Abigail Spanberger should have been the candidate

Some busses in south America have turnstiles on board

Parking fee evasion rates are way higher than transit fare evasion rates

It is commonly accepted by drivers to not pay for parking if you are there for less than 30m, and you can park for free if you leave before enforcement tickets you

Imagine if those flexible rules applied to transit riders

I believe they have automated counters above the doors on the green line, so ridership should be accurate regardless of how many pay

Are they actually quiet? Consumer drones are obviously electric and theyre extremely noisy

End result was horrendous dwell times, creating significantly longer trips that led to a decrease in riders. If my memory is correct, the loss in pax was never recovered.

Thanks for finding the link, I couldnt find any of the news articles on google, archive search has gone to shit.

As noted, "revenue loss" was because B line trains were crush loaded so even if you wanted to pay, you couldnt. So they doubled down by stopping people from even exiting through the rear

It was hysteria because they used zero data - it was an entirely vibe based decision from people who dont actually ride the system. Same reason why St Louis recently added fare gates. Rich people who have dinner with the governor told him it would look better.

They had a team that was supposed to. I lived there during the all door period and never encountered them but every once in awhile there would be a TV news segment about them

But no one can board until everyone is done making their way to the front to exit

The moral panic of the anglosphere over bus fare evasion and proof-of-payment is quite something.

Especially when you think that we do accept another mobility-related widespread PoP system: on-street parking, which is entirely charged via a proof-of-payment + inspector system.

MBTA green line had all door boarding for 3 years that was removed due to fare evasion hysteria. They wouldn't even allow the rear doors to be used to exit unless the train was so full walking to the front was impossible.

The move by both of NY's commuter railroads to eliminate 10-trip discounts and have tickets only last 4 hours from purchase is not only deeply customer-unfriendly, but would represent a large fare hike on one of the fastest growing segment of riders.

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I would like to propose a conspiracy theory.

Remember when every news station was running videos about fare evasion? Cubic pushed the stories. You heard it here first

Are gas cars made from seaweed?

Nintendo GameCube Controller got a price increase after all ($64.99 -> $69.99)
Switch 2 Pro Controller $84.99 -> $89.99
Joy-Con 2 Controllers $94.99 -> $99.99

Train stations of urban America

Can cities just replace parking spots with trees?

One borough of Montreal has been experimenting with quick, cheap implementations of this for greenery, shade, and water management.

But there’s been controversy due to losing parking and the fact that it doesn’t look as polished as bigger projects.

American agencies compete to have as few doors as possible

Concerning

The average person flies once a year. Airports are low on the scale of usefulness as a transit destination

Instead of BAT being the terminal, it should curve up and continue to Costco. Doing this will add another 5k daily riders

Fun fact, when building the HBLR, some preexisting grade seperation was removed

Liberation Day 3 now in effect

Reminder that the inflation data for the last 2 months has been cooked, as reported by the WSJ.

The new jersey system does have street running, assuming type A means stations have gated access

Can you clarify what type A means?

Once again new jersey is all doors on the 3 light rail lines and uses PoP