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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 9 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 9 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 9 months ago (1 children)

I hope people don't try to piggyback on me

[–] SpaceNoodle -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then don't ride BART

[–] robocall 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] SpaceNoodle 1 points 9 months ago

Cars don't scream as much