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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Did I say I didn't know how it worked?

I've seen plenty of people standing by the exitfare asking others for change for a $20 or just if someone could give them 50 cents. 
You know what happens if there are two systems, one in which you can never be wrong about how much the fare is or whether you still have that $5 in your pocket, and one in which you could use a $20 or a credit card or even (gasp) put in another paper card to add the two values together? The second system would have more users. That's competition.[/quote]

Competition?  In your world, people think, "You know, I'd like to use metrorail today, but I may forget to check to see how much I have left on my paper card, and I might not have any small bills on me, so I'll be stuck on the system - forever.  Like Charlie on the MTA.  Better not risk it.  I'll drive instead."

You're right.  Those fare machines are the only thing keeping Metro from breaking ridership records.  They're really the system's albatross.

Alrighty then.  [/quote]

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