I've been riding the bus to and from work for about 6 months now. If people come up short on the fare, the drivers usually let them ride, but don't give them a transfer. I've seen a few obvious moochers, but the drivers never put anyone off (at least in my experience). Sometimes I've been $.05-.10 short and the driver waved my through.
This makes for a nonconfrontational encounter generally. As to the "honor" system for LRT. I read a report yesterday about a low level scam that is going on in the New York subway. The scammers buy an allday pass, stand at the turnstile, and collect a "discounted" fare and let the buyer in. Of course I rolled my eyes and chalk it up to typical New York chutzpah. I can't even imagine what polite form the scams will take in Minneapolis once the trains start running. >From the other posts on this thread I detect the scent of the political arguments over LRT that we hammered out on this listserv. The permanent operating subsidy is the thing to watch in the future. Follow the money. David Wilson Loring Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
