by JeffK
jamesinclair wrote:Sounds like a fantastic advertisement for UberI talked to three separate people who were so frustrated that they were considering Uber for their next visit. If you're with a group - say Dad, Mom, & 2 kids - and have to shell out 5 bucks each in cash, that quickly puts the price into ride-hailing territory, not to mention the lower hassle factor.
ExCon90 wrote:Shows what can happen when policy is made by people who will spend a dollar to collect the last dime but are not tasked with having any concern for the needs and convenience of users, let alone visiting tourists.Amen.
MACTRAXX wrote:I still think that SEPTA should have retained paper transfers until an alternative QT card that includes a $1 transfer was up and available instead of putting cashI've been trying to figure out whether the fools at 1234 intentionally decided to make life difficult for "non-ideal" riders, simply didn't realize what a haggis they were creating because no one took a big-picture view, or were under so much pressure due to past delays that they decided to implement whatever subsystems were working regardless of whether the supporting functionality was also in place. My suspicion is that it's probably all of the above.
riders into a bit of a bind...Tourists and others not familiar with the system are going to "bear the brunt" of these fare changes implemented this month...
I just can not see tourists shelling out money for a SEPTA Key knowing full well how inflexible that they are and remembering what tokens once offered which was (in case anyone is reading this topic for the first time) a 50 cent savings per ride in cost for starters. This in essence was a fare increase for cash fare riders...
Absolutely. I was surprised by how many people were uninformed, misinformed, or just not aware of the implications of using cash.
Requiem for it's/its, your/you're, than/then, less/fewer. They were once such nice words with such different meanings...