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MACTRAXX wrote: The question I have is will SEPTA offer any fare incentives to any riders that will be taking part in this test program?Other than bragging rights, it is very likely not.
Anyone that must use Regional Rail will have to stay with the current pass system anyway since the Key will not beYes. See Page 33 of this document. From what I understand, one ride on the Trailpass can be used for RR, Bus, Trolley, Subway, NHSL. So, riding the El from 30th Street to 69th Street and transferring to the NHSL to Norristown effectively costs more (2 rides) than taking the Norriswtown line from 30th Street to Norristown.
useable on those trains. Is there a plan to limit RRD rides with a "cap" similar to Key use on transit vehicles?
Beginning Monday, June 13, 2016, up to 10,000 Transit riders will be able to get a new SEPTA Key Card and purchase either a Weekly or Monthly TransPass.http://www.septa.org/key/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
R3 Passenger wrote:From what I understand, one ride on the Trailpass can be used for RR, Bus, Trolley, Subway, NHSL. So, riding the El from 30th Street to 69th Street and transferring to the NHSL to Norristown effectively costs more (2 rides) than taking the Norristown line from 30th Street to Norristown.I'm not 100% sure either, but I remember a similar point being made at one meeting and the response was that a connecting trip would be interpreted as a transfer rather than two separate boardings. The cost would still be a single base fare plus a $1 transfer charge rather than two base fares.
As long as SEPTA exists in its current form, they are going to do everything they can to nickel and dime their passengers.Amen to that.
R3 Passenger wrote:What's abundantly obscure is whether a multi-vehicle trip will count against the ride cap as a single ride, or as one ride per vehicle. If it's the latter I can see serious problems for some riders.Wouldn't the Public Utility Commission have some regulatory authority over this?