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IMGoph

Rode the bus with Isaac to take him to daycare this morning. For the 2nd time this week, the fare box wasn’t working, so we were both technically scofflaws, evading fare and depriving of income.

I have seen that the Adam Tuss’ & Tom Sherwood’s of the world are still very focused on turnstile jumping for WMATA rail, helping that remain a big story on social media. Any outrage from them about bus stuff? Nah—wealthy white folks from MoCo & Fairfax don’t see that stuff, so it doesn’t exist.

Aug 23, 2023, 03:49 PM·Public·Metatext
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IMGoph

Also, looking at these faregates, isn’t the solution for those looking to sneak through quickly to just crawl underneath? That’s a lot of room below the plexiglass.

Picture of new WMATA faregates with “enhancements” to try to prevent turnstile jumping.
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gwhennigan

@IMGoph haven't seen an update on this in a while, but new fareboxes coming to a bus near you wmata.com/initiatives/plans/fa

Timeline for farebox replacement June 2023 Farebox Installations begin July-September 2023 New fareboxes installed on 25% of Metrobuses Fall 2023 New fareboxes installed on 50% of Metrobuses Summer 2024 Installation complete
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IMGoph

@gwhennigan fingers crossed this follows what the chart says. @bogrosemary saw one of the new fareboxes last week, but I haven’t yet.

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