07-22-2017, 04:29 PM
(07-22-2017, 04:24 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: I've only come across the new fare boxes and handful of times, but do others find the printing times of the new transfers excessively long (upwards of 30 seconds)?
Maybe fare boxes I've seen and used were just having a bad day, but to me that has the potential to create some operational delays beyond even the learning curve of the new machine.
If you get just 10 cash or ticket fares on a route suddenly you're 5min behind schedule.
They seem pretty quick with reading the barcode, but the actual print time seems slow.
It has been a long time since I've been on a bus without one. I'm guessing they're fully deployed now.
Yes, printing is very long. But I don't think it will be a problem in the long run, as they will only be used for cash fares, when the farecards are available, those won't need printed transfers.