The PI mentions the new street-car pre-boarding ticket machines, and Brian Bundridge even has a photo! Friday I’ll probably get down to SLU and check the machines out.

8 Replies to “Ticket Machines for Streetcars”

  1. I take the slut every day, and it’s cool that you can buy your tickets with a card now. I just wish they had these machines for bus passes.

    Doesn’t that seem like a no-brainer!!!

  2. yeah when are they going to have these things for metro?!! that would be huge and would save so much $$$ on delays by people fumbling/negotiating , etc.

  3. how often do the slut drivers even check to make sure riders have tickets? I’ve ridden it twice and both times they haven’t checked.

  4. Yeah you know, I hadn’t really thought of it, but these should be in every transit center and bus tunnel stop!

    Right?

  5. they could be so easily serviced, too (at least in seattle) – the same people who pull the money out and restock the parking machines could be contracted by metro to service these machines, which would dispense the $1.25/$1.50 metro tickets that you can buy in book form at the supermarket.

    they wouldn’t need to put ’em everywhere, but they certainly would be a big help at high-volume stops and off routes with high ridership and high percentages of cash-fare payment (e.g. not so much on the 545 which has high ridership but tends to be almost totally commuters w/passes)

  6. I agree that these type of machines would make riding the bus a lot more convenient if metro used them. I contacted metro to suggest installing something like this, I suggest you all do the same if you agree.

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