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40% of their funding is via the city… they spend so much to get people to pay. I say we just make it free. I honestly think it would save them money.

Id share sources but im lazy and it wont do anything

*regional rail can still charge ig

Edit: source https://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/2016/11/07/who-pays-for-septa/ 40% not most from state

https://whyy.org/articles/ellison-septa-fare-free-opinion/amp/

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Because of my job, I've learned to remain implacable when told things that seem weird. But yeah, he got side eye when he said this.

It wasn't a cop. Coat and tie higher up type.

The idea that the founders thought every Tom, Dick, and Harry should have a gun with little to no oversight is ahistorical.

These and a Septa cop at every station on the MFL. You don’t pay, you get tossed. You evade, you get arrested. Harsh, maybe but the shit needs to stop.

Still need something to help keep lines safe and clean.

Is this bioterrorism? No, really.

I rarely see people jumping the turnstile but every day I see multiple people going through the handicap gates on one swipe. These look the same as those but taller.

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I guess you're gonna kick in the 600 million in missed revenue every year? The "free transit" take is Pollyanna at best, and irresponsible beyond belief. Not to mention that the ONLY people left on the El will be homeless addicts. It's absurd.

Just make the trains free. Simple.

How about make public transportation free. No gates at all.

"The gates, from Conduent Transport Solutions, include a 3D imaging system that can sound an alarm if someone tries to piggyback their way past the gate without paying. The sensors can also recognize wheelchairs, strollers and luggage."

Seriously, I'm with you on this.

Is fare evasion REALLY this prevalent? Has it ever been so bad that we needed this for the subway in the last 20 years? This seems most like a solution looking for a problem rather than an actual fix.

There's no way SEPTA is losing even half of what these things are going to cost over 5 years. This doesn't make me think the system is safer just that I now have to waste more time trying to get through the turnstile.

Now they'll just run in behind someone else (see the handicap turnstiles)

If slam your quad/glutes hard enough into the turnstile it will turn and those slamming into them are hopped on drugs so they don’t feel a thing doing it

Lol I don’t think nothing like a quick stop at K&A and some crystal meth will stop, god bless the soul, a homeless person who wants to break through the glass to get in the El

Those are easy to just walk straight through.

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