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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by zhte415 on Thursday May 23, 2019 @05:26AM (#19989992)
In most major cities you swipe a metro card that calculates the fare where you got on and got off, or applies zoned travel on a daily, weekly, monthly, or annual rate. In some cities you can just swipe an NFC bank card. To have a 'ticket to ride' seems ridiculous.
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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by superhuzza on Thursday May 23, 2019 @09:25AM (#19991525)
That's not very accurate. In North America, most cities are based on a flat rate. Most cities in Europe and Asia work based on distance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farebox_recovery_ratio

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