FOX29 Gets Exclusive Look At NPT

So Last night Fox29 aired a exclusive look at NPT at SEPTA HEADQUARTERS. I must say them going through the process and seeing how it will come together has me FIRED UP.
Now i've used the new faregates at Dilworth Plaza the first day i went down there my transpass was denied and the system will let you know...big beep sound....the second day i was able to get through it turned green. Now the look in the video did not mention anything about ride limitations or anything. They did not speak on Regional Rail ofcourse lol thats the nastiest one of all.

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/clip/1065862 ... ech-system" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So what about if you don't have anything but cash for the trip that day?

25Hz wrote:So what about if you don't have anything but cash for the trip that day?

As the SEPTA rep says in that piece, cash will still be accepted.

loufah wrote:

25Hz wrote:So what about if you don't have anything but cash for the trip that day?

As the SEPTA rep says in that piece, cash will still be accepted.

Yea, on buses, no mention of RRD.

25Hz wrote:

loufah wrote:

25Hz wrote:So what about if you don't have anything but cash for the trip that day?

As the SEPTA rep says in that piece, cash will still be accepted.

Yea, on buses, no mention of RRD.

Cash will still be accepted on the RRD. Check out the NPT approved tariff:

http://septa.org/fares/new/Tariff%20154 ... 0Final.pdf

Section 3 Table 13
CASH ON BOARD FARES TO AND FROM
CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA STATIONS
UNDER NEW PAYMENT TECHNO;OGY

Clearfield wrote:

25Hz wrote:

loufah wrote:

25Hz wrote:So what about if you don't have anything but cash for the trip that day?

As the SEPTA rep says in that piece, cash will still be accepted.

Yea, on buses, no mention of RRD.

Cash will still be accepted on the RRD. Check out the NPT approved tariff:

http://septa.org/fares/new/Tariff%20154 ... 0Final.pdf

Section 3 Table 13
CASH ON BOARD FARES TO AND FROM
CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA STATIONS
UNDER NEW PAYMENT TECHNO;OGY

it's so weird seeing Newtown, West Chester and Pottstown on that tariff listed as zone 4...
like...they were planning to expand there or something

zebrasepta wrote:it's so weird seeing Newtown, West Chester and Pottstown on that tariff listed as zone 4...
like...they were planning to expand there or something

I wonder if removing them is tantamount to abandonment?

Clearfield wrote:

zebrasepta wrote:it's so weird seeing Newtown, West Chester and Pottstown on that tariff listed as zone 4...
like...they were planning to expand there or something

I wonder if removing them is tantamount to abandonment?

well it doesn't list any of the Bethlehem branch stations

Abrams-PTN
Baldwin-WIL
NEW
WCH
Edgemoor, DE - WIL
Frazer - PAO
Linfield - PTN
Manayunk West - NOR
Oxford Valley - WTR
Phoenixville - PTN
Port Kennedy - PTN
Pottstown - PTN
Royresford - PTN
Suburban (Penn Center) - CCP
Valley Forge - PTN
Villanova - PAO (Appears twice)
These are the stations that I found that aren't served by septa or have some other abnormality.

jackintosh11 wrote:Abrams-PTN
Baldwin-WIL
NEW
WCH
Edgemoor, DE - WIL
Frazer - PAO
Linfield - PTN
Manayunk West - NOR
Oxford Valley - WTR
Phoenixville - PTN
Port Kennedy - PTN
Pottstown - PTN
Royresford - PTN
Suburban (Penn Center) - CCP
Valley Forge - PTN
Villanova - PAO (Appears twice)
These are the stations that I found that aren't served by septa or have some other abnormality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manayunk_(SEPTA_station" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)#Manayunk_West_station

So, langhorne to doylestown via jenkintown cash fare will be 16 dollars....

25Hz wrote:So, langhorne to doylestown via jenkintown cash fare will be 16 dollars....

I didn't look it up, but at face value suppose it is. DVARP and others argued strenuously against zone elimination, but that tariff for NPT was approved nearly 2 years ago.

Do you want to rehash it today?

Why would anyone pay $16 to go from Langhorne to Doylestown? Driving would be much cheaper and faster.

bikentransit wrote:Why would anyone pay $16 to go from Langhorne to Doylestown? Driving would be much cheaper and faster.

Remember, SEPTA's stated intent is to "get cash off the trains". $16 makes the current surcharge look (sort of) reasonable.

I wonder just what percentage of SEPTA's ridership doesn't have reasonable access to some other form of payment. My guess is it's not high but is mostly concentrated among people at the low end of the economic spectrum. Another instance of the "poor tax" ...

no more independence passes?