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SFGate: I tried to get through BART's new unbeatable fare gates. Here's how it went. (www.sfgate.com)

submitted 11 months ago by robocall to c/bayarea

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BART plans to spend $90 million on replacing all 700 gates in the system with gates that are too high to jump and too strong to push through, which system administrators hope will lead to a sharp decrease in fare evasion. When I heard about the supposedly unbeatable gates, I knew I had to try to beat them. Surprisingly, spokesperson Jim Allison invited me to the West Oakland BART Station to give it my best.

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[–] SpaceNoodle 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And they still do jack shit for piggybacking, the most common fare evasion method I've observed (and directly observed by the author!). Somebody's getting kickbacks.

[–] robocall 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I hope people don't try to piggyback on me

[–] SpaceNoodle -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Then don't ride BART

[–] robocall 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nah, I'm not a Bart hater. I'm certainly not driving!

[–] SpaceNoodle 1 points 11 months ago

Cars don't scream as much