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Article: Swipe And Ride ; New Fareboxes Should Make Using Bus Passes Easier
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- Sunday News Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- October 5, 2008
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The 14-year-old fareboxes on the Red Rose Transit Authority buses
will be replaced within the next couple of weeks with electronic
swipe-card boxes.
"We're hoping, by Oct. 20, to put them into effect," RRTA
executive director David W. Kilmer said Monday.
The current fareboxes on the RRTA buses were installed in 1994.
"Normally, they last about 12 years," Kilmer said. "We've gotten 14
years out of them, so we're happy."
The new boxes will eliminate the need for the photo-ID cards now
used by monthly pass holders. In addition, monthly passes will be
based on a 30-day system instead of a calendar-month system.
Under the computerized program, Kilmer explained, a monthly pass ...