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Re:The tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets by kube-system on Monday June 24, 2024 @01:13PM (#40778507)
> Buying a reusable token doesn't take 20 minutes more than buying a paper ticket.

No, but it could expend 20x the resources, and not be used 20x as much.

As the article mentions, the purpose of these paper tickets is for single-use or short term use, and the system also supports plastic cards for longer term use.

Re:The tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets by lxgr on Monday June 24, 2024 @04:03PM (#40780057)
These tokens are collected at the end of each trip (or you can’t leave). This obviously only works in systems that have mandatory exit turnstiles.