Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 12:05     Subject: New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sad they only put them in poor areas.


Bethesda, Courthouse, Vienna . . . ?


Pentagon City has them as well. So folks get in at pentagon and jump there.


Time to deploy MPs at Pentagon station?

Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 00:45     Subject: Re:New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
Anonymous wrote:These do not do anything.

They need turnstiles that go from the floor up to at least 10 feet. NYC uses them. Most people are out of shape and wouldn't have the upper body strength to be able to climb metal bars to hop over. They need these:







Yes, I remember the older version of those. They’re awful when traveling with luggage. I’m surprised that they don’t violate the ADA.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2024 20:46     Subject: Re:New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:These do not do anything.

They need turnstiles that go from the floor up to at least 10 feet. NYC uses them. Most people are out of shape and wouldn't have the upper body strength to be able to climb metal bars to hop over. They need these:







These make me feel so trapped and claustrophobic. I hate criminals.


Also you have to touch them.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2024 20:45     Subject: New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sad they only put them in poor areas.


Bethesda, Courthouse, Vienna . . . ?


Pentagon City has them as well. So folks get in at pentagon and jump there.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2024 20:39     Subject: Re:New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
Anonymous wrote:These do not do anything.

They need turnstiles that go from the floor up to at least 10 feet. NYC uses them. Most people are out of shape and wouldn't have the upper body strength to be able to climb metal bars to hop over. They need these:







NYC leads. This is the way.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2024 19:12     Subject: New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
I don’t understand why there’s a giant gap in the handicap doors. Seems like it would be easy to design with a one-inch gap that is more difficult to squeeze through. In any event, none of this matters so long as DC refuses to enforce the laws and prosecute criminals.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2024 06:53     Subject: Re:New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
Anonymous wrote:These do not do anything.

They need turnstiles that go from the floor up to at least 10 feet. NYC uses them. Most people are out of shape and wouldn't have the upper body strength to be able to climb metal bars to hop over. They need these:







These make me feel so trapped and claustrophobic. I hate criminals.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2024 06:53     Subject: Re:New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
Anonymous wrote:It has definitely cut down on fare jumping at Bethesda. I used to see 4 or 5 high school kids do it at a time. Since the gates went in I've seen only a couple. And one got stuck.


Haha I want to see that
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2024 06:52     Subject: New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
Anonymous wrote:Pathetic. Whoever approved this should be fired. What a ridiculous waste of money.

WMATA needs to skip the nonsensical half measures and get serious. Make the doors metal or ballistic grade glass, at least 5’ high, secured with steel bolts, and leave no more than an inch between the doors.


Ask the council to make the punishment for fare jumping meaty?
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2024 02:25     Subject: Re:New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
These do not do anything.

They need turnstiles that go from the floor up to at least 10 feet. NYC uses them. Most people are out of shape and wouldn't have the upper body strength to be able to climb metal bars to hop over. They need these:





Anonymous
Post 01/17/2024 23:36     Subject: Re:New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
It has definitely cut down on fare jumping at Bethesda. I used to see 4 or 5 high school kids do it at a time. Since the gates went in I've seen only a couple. And one got stuck.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2024 23:08     Subject: New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
Pathetic. Whoever approved this should be fired. What a ridiculous waste of money.

WMATA needs to skip the nonsensical half measures and get serious. Make the doors metal or ballistic grade glass, at least 5’ high, secured with steel bolts, and leave no more than an inch between the doors.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2024 18:02     Subject: New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The new doors are a joke. It is easier now to avoid pay metro. Now you only need to push the door. Easier than jumping.

"Video shows fare evaders pushing through Metro gates designed to stop people from fare hopping"

https://youtu.be/WQmFOUMZ-kw?si=r5LhtPh0nnKi-FSJ

Unbelievable!!


Believable.

This is D.C.


Who designed the new gates? A sole-source, politically well-connected local DC firm?


Maybe, but the D.C. government doesn't run Metro.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2024 17:25     Subject: New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The new doors are a joke. It is easier now to avoid pay metro. Now you only need to push the door. Easier than jumping.

"Video shows fare evaders pushing through Metro gates designed to stop people from fare hopping"

https://youtu.be/WQmFOUMZ-kw?si=r5LhtPh0nnKi-FSJ

Unbelievable!!


Believable.

This is D.C.


Who designed the new gates? A sole-source, politically well-connected local DC firm?
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2024 16:57     Subject: New fare gates rolled out at L'Enfant
Anonymous wrote:The new doors are a joke. It is easier now to avoid pay metro. Now you only need to push the door. Easier than jumping.

"Video shows fare evaders pushing through Metro gates designed to stop people from fare hopping"

https://youtu.be/WQmFOUMZ-kw?si=r5LhtPh0nnKi-FSJ

Unbelievable!!


Believable.

This is D.C.