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EXCERPTED--READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT THE LINK BELOW---Tickets, please. Metro-North says "gating" is an effective way of making sure everyone is paying their fair fare. (Michael Woyton/Patch)
HUDSON VALLEY, NY — It isn't exactly a common occurrence, but ride a Metro-North train long enough and you will likely see a conductor otherwise engaged with a passenger who has no interest in either presenting or purchasing a ticket. A new, expanded pilot program will see some of these difficult conversations taking place on the platform, rather than occupying the conductor's time and sometimes even delaying departure from the station.
According to MTA Spokesperson Joana Flores, this less familiar method of collecting tickets is known as "gating," and the expansion has its roots in a 2023 blue-ribbon report on MTA fare and toll evasion — though the practice has been used occasionally for decades....During the gating exercises, passengers are expected to have their paper tickets ready, or e-tickets activated, to present to a railroad employee before boarding trains.
"Metro-North Railroad will be gating at one station per month," Flores told Patch. "The focus has been at Grand Central Terminal and Harlem-125 St, as suggested by the blue ribbon report, with intention of expanding to other stations, where feasible." MORE AT Metro-North Looks To The Platform To Help Stymie Fare Evaders | Larchmont, NY Patch
HUDSON VALLEY, NY — It isn't exactly a common occurrence, but ride a Metro-North train long enough and you will likely see a conductor otherwise engaged with a passenger who has no interest in either presenting or purchasing a ticket. A new, expanded pilot program will see some of these difficult conversations taking place on the platform, rather than occupying the conductor's time and sometimes even delaying departure from the station.
According to MTA Spokesperson Joana Flores, this less familiar method of collecting tickets is known as "gating," and the expansion has its roots in a 2023 blue-ribbon report on MTA fare and toll evasion — though the practice has been used occasionally for decades....During the gating exercises, passengers are expected to have their paper tickets ready, or e-tickets activated, to present to a railroad employee before boarding trains.
"Metro-North Railroad will be gating at one station per month," Flores told Patch. "The focus has been at Grand Central Terminal and Harlem-125 St, as suggested by the blue ribbon report, with intention of expanding to other stations, where feasible." MORE AT Metro-North Looks To The Platform To Help Stymie Fare Evaders | Larchmont, NY Patch
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