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Friday, April 12, 2013

Trimet ministry of propaganda

Has there ever been even one instance of Trimet not saying positive things about anything they are doing? Of course not, its all good and no bad according to them.

I sure hope these ticket printers don't fail in the field. Glad I'm not driving anymore, one more thing to deal with.  They never stop adding tasks to lives of their operators.

Riders and operators give the new bus tickets a big thumbs up! | TriMet News

7 comments:

Jason McHuff said...

Well this actually replaces a task.

Al M said...

Not really cause you have to focus on the transfer printer instead of just tearing off a piece of paper

Jason McHuff said...

It seems that the operator just has to push a button on the screen.

Nedwell said...

Does the printer hold enough paper stock to get through a shift? Or is there the possibility of having to reload a printer in mid-run?

If you've ever watched a cashier changing the paper tape in a cash register when busy, you know that sometimes the process seems like an eternity. Maybe it's easier on these machines?

Al M said...

I think we need to see just how this works out but given Trimet history there will be problems

Erik H. said...

Moving to the tested and proven stored value card would all but eliminate the task. The ONLY intervention required would be if the rider tries to board without a fare, an alarm would sound. If the rider has a valid fare (either by swiping the fare card, OR by depositing valid fare into the farebox) then the Operator really doesn't have to do anything - the farebox handles the validation of fare.

And even then, the system could be set up so the Operator still doesn't have to do anything; instead an automatic call is made for a fare inspector or transit police to deal with the situation up the road to minimize delay and work for the Operator. A photograph could be taken of the fare evader in real time as well and that photograph sent in real time to the enforcement officer and/or a backoffice server that would try and use facial identification to determine if the fare evader is a repeat offender or not, before making the decision to send a fare enforcement officer.

Jason McHuff said...

No, because there would always be riders paying with cash, and not all riders who's card is denied are intentional fare evaders.

Also, how are you going to get a camera that can always automatically get a perfect shot of the person, regardless of where they aim their face?