> > why not let the public ride for free instead of collecting fares?
>
>I like this idea, but it's not really up to the station agents to
>police the fare collection mechanism, is it? Especially with those
>damn MetroCards; cross referencing that with the GPS data collected
>from that chip in my butt is really gonna get me in trouble one of
>these days.
There are gates at every station, or almost every station, the clerks could keep open. And the bus drivers could just let people walk on.
Doug