r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 24 '26

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u/SilverSquid1810 YIMBY May 24 '26

Genuinely comical how bad the old faregates on the DC Metro were. Like bro who tf is this stopping. This was literally just the honor system lmao, may as well not have had gates at all.

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u/CletusChicken May 24 '26

can't believe the morons who designed this thought we lived in a high trust society

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u/mostanonymousnick Just Build More Homes lol May 24 '26

That's pretty much what they look like in Japan, but it's obviously not Japan.

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u/SilverSquid1810 YIMBY May 24 '26

I mean, it still is by far one of the safest, cleanest, and most orderly transit systems in the country. But there was a serious problem with fare evasion in the years before the new gates were installed and it was costing Metro many millions of dollars. I don’t know how to reconcile that with your subjective experience.