bobthebuilder
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Re: North-South Rail Link
The fare gates are capable of tracking alightings without any kind of exit fare. Even the mechanical turnstiles are capable of tracking the entrances & exits.
The only real difficulty in tracking exits is the green line, buses, commuter rail, etc where you're not passing through a fare gate to exit. However, with the improvements in GPS technology, automatic passenger counting is becoming more common on buses (and I would assume light rail systems).
I think this is a problem for all transit system that does not use an exit fare. They don't have data on which station the passenger exits at.
Good point, or at least an exit verification of correct payment.
Systems with good data use distance or zone based fares with exit verification.
The fare gates are capable of tracking alightings without any kind of exit fare. Even the mechanical turnstiles are capable of tracking the entrances & exits.
The only real difficulty in tracking exits is the green line, buses, commuter rail, etc where you're not passing through a fare gate to exit. However, with the improvements in GPS technology, automatic passenger counting is becoming more common on buses (and I would assume light rail systems).