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Re:Rather than savage cuts, Switzerland considers “Star Trek... by generj on Friday October 11, 2013 @03:57PM (#6535565)
This is something that shocked me when I went on the UTA Trax trains in Salt Lake: there were no tickets.

Or, to be precise, there were tickets, but they weren't enforced. No turnstiles were present anywhere in the system.

Coming from previous transit systems like MARTA and the DC METRO, this was a shocking turn of events.

Supposedly officials come around and ensure everyone has a ticket, but I never saw that happen.

The buses, on the other hand, require payment to board.

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Re:Rather than savage cuts, Switzerland considers “Star Trek... by lobster_johnson on Friday October 11, 2013 @07:19PM (#6536447)
Plenty of places have turnstile-free transit systems. Berlin, Germany and Oslo, Norway come to mind.
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