04-16-2016, 11:51 AM
(04-12-2016, 11:16 AM)Markster Wrote:(04-12-2016, 09:22 AM)chutten Wrote: They're replacing a system operated by a trained professional with a system that needs to be operated by any member of the public, individually, in series.
Yeah, no way this is going to be slower.
There are plenty of transit systems that use these kinds of fareboxes, and they can work quite fast. There's only so fast that people can file into a bus right now. Even when a driver is able to visually scan passes, and manually punch the button, in a big crowd, the passengers just get held up filtering into the bus.
As you say, it will be faster than the manual use of tickets currently, so I really think that boarding speed will come out in a wash. (Save for the adjustment period, where people will be a little slow, learning the new system)
From what I have observed the number of people using passes / transfers greatly outnumber those that use tickets so I think waiting for the boops will cause delays in getting people on board. Additionally depending on the size of the person people were usually able to still flash the pass and get on board while they counted their change or were trying to decipher what the arrow on the ticket means. Only time will tell I guess.