Good question. Suzan Forsberg who works with Metro Commuter Services thought that the passes would be interchangable between buses and light rail. She has bumped it up to someone in Metro Transit to respond. The grand opening of the Hiawatha line is slated for June 26th. Lots of festivities at most of the LRT stops that day and I believe that buses as well as the LRT will be offering free rides on the 26th.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 12:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TCMetro Digest, Vol 5, Issue 4 Send TCMetro mailing list submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/tcmetro or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of TCMetro digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Why can't you use bus stored value cards on the ight rail? (Steven Clift) 2. Re: Why can't you use bus stored value cards on the ight rail? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 09:08:21 -0500 From: "Steven Clift" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [TCMetro] Why can't you use bus stored value cards on the ight rail? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I'll be moving into the Standish-Ericsson neighborhood tomorrow. I thought I'd pick up a transit pass since this area is rich in buses and the 46th and Hiawatha light rail stop will only be 3 blocks away. I was shocked when I noticed that Super Saver stored value card I bought says it doesn't work with rail even though the prices are the same. Who messed this up? Could someone explain exactly how integrated transfers and passes will be between these much less connected than I would have thought systems? Steven Clift Soon to be Standish-Ericsson, Minneapolis ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - - - W: http://publicus.net Minneapolis - - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - MSN/Y!/AIM: netclift Join my Democracies Online Newswire: http://dowire.org EDem's Election 2004 Links: http://e-democracy.org/us ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 16:31:51 +0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TCMetro] Why can't you use bus stored value cards on the ight rail? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain Hey, welcome to the neighborhood! My guess is that Met Transit is moving away from the Super Saver card in favor of something called the "Go Card". The stations have "Go Card" readers, along with cash and credit card ticket vending machines. Of course, you could walk over to one of the parked busses, and request a transfer. I haven't heard anything about how the "Go Card" will work. Looks like some type of chip-embedded tech, since the readers are a proximity scanner (is that the term? Not a barcode reader, not a magnetic strip reader. Is it RFID?). I haven't seen any deluge of ads for the rail opening, either, which I expect any time now. --Dan Fehler Standish-Ericsson, Minneapolis Quoting Steven Clift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'll be moving into the Standish-Ericsson neighborhood tomorrow. I > thought I'd pick up a transit pass since this area is rich in buses > and the 46th and Hiawatha light rail stop will only be 3 blocks away. > > I was shocked when I noticed that Super Saver stored value card I > bought says it doesn't work with rail even though the prices are the > same. Who messed this up? > > Could someone explain exactly how integrated transfers and passes > will be between these much less connected than I would have thought > systems? > > Steven Clift > Soon to be Standish-Ericsson, Minneapolis > ^ ^ ^ ^ > Steven L. Clift - - - W: http://publicus.net > Minneapolis - - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Minnesota - - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 > USA - - - - - MSN/Y!/AIM: netclift > > Join my Democracies Online Newswire: http://dowire.org > EDem's Election 2004 Links: http://e-democracy.org/us > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum > http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro > Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ TCMetro mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/tcmetro End of TCMetro Digest, Vol 5, Issue 4 ************************************* _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
