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That's more or less what I was seeing in Southern California. I went on a trip with my child who wasn't a student in their local schools and wasn't eligible for their (non means tested) free rides program. https://www.metro.net/riding/fares/gopass/ I did a little bit more digging, and LA...

Just wondering about it. Pretty much every transit agency in my area has youth fares. But when I went down to the LA and Orange County area I found they didn't really have any on most systems. They might have programs where students in local schools would have free rides using a TAP card...

I can think of maybe someone with shrimp Cup Noodles? Or perhaps someone just boarding who brought in a tuna melt made before boarding. The reality is that there's no guarantee of what another passenger brings on board to consume. I'm pretty sure that something patently offensive would be an...

I found their release on how they handled it after the public hearing. They have a nice little table. The "Adopted Pricing" is the former fare, but it doesn't specifically mention that the 1/7/30 day passes were promised to be 50% off those prices until the end of 2022, while their proposal...

Not sure if this fits into any neat category, but I'm wondering about transferability. I'm looking into the rules of transferability with "adult" cards. Obviously senior and child cards are registered to a specific user and often have the DOB programmed into the card in order to automatically...

I haven't used those obviously. Last time I rode in NYC (2013) they were using magnetic strip fare cards where I used them on LIRR and the NYC subway. LA Metro is going to a rolling week. 7-day caps are “rolling”, rather than fixed calendar days. I'm thinking if someone has that really...

I was thinking there are some permutations where it might cost more than just selecting which days to get a daily/weekly pass, unless perhaps it can dynamically adjust for gaps. It certainly would help for the visitor who might ride once and then may not have used a daily/weekly pass for...

One of the issues may be that riders using it may not quite understand when the limits kick in and how long it might last. Maybe a user hits the daily limit but then hits the weekly limit. But it would be nice to have some sort of time indication (through maybe the TAP app/website for...

Apparently there were some concerns about earlier proposals that would eliminate the 2 hour transfer window on regular fares, and that the regular fare would go up to $2. Sounds like the board decided against these while also instituting the fare cap system. The previously proposed caps were...

Not sure if this fits into any neat category since LA Metro has rail and bus service, but more recent discussions on them were here. I'm making a trip to LA/OC around Christamas and noticed this even though it doesn't go into effect until this summer. Right now they have a $3.50 single day...

I've talked to conductors (almost always on Capitol Corridor) who said to not worry about it if somehow I don't get my ticket scanned and to use if later if I really wanted it. I've never done anything to try and hide from conductors though. But that case I mentioned was on the Pacific...

There could be the opposite, which is that after each stop a conductor just assumes that every passenger with a ticket for that train has boarded and mass lifts every ticket. I remember once there was a conductor working alone and he noted over the PA that I was worrying about that on an...

I've taken the 4785 bus from Santa Barbara to Emeryville four times since July. Once was actually just a round trip from Emeryville to Santa Barbara and back, but the rest were connecting with the Surfliner. And you can probably take an earlier Surfliner unless it's a reserved train (business...

There's a Hyatt House. As far as I know, they have a free breakfast for hotel guests, but I'm not sure if they have it for walk-in customers. There's actually quite a bit around there within walking distance now. The Public Market is now back when it was in decline earlier...

As far as I can tell, the only order they have with Siemens is to replace the old U2A cars, and they still intend on running the CAF cars as long as they can. The new cars supposedly cost $5 million each, although it's probably all inclusive including maintenance/parts for whatever period. I'm...

I wouldn't see much of a problem for anyone who can walk up the stairs since most board at street level anyways. The only issue I'd imagine is where would someone in a wheelchair or scooter wait in anticipation of boarding. Someone could ride just within the overlapping stations and might wait...

There's still the stations that serve multiple lines. That will be interesting how many get confused.

As far as I can tell, the CAF S/200 cars will still be in service, and those aren't low floor. It's going to be a mess, and even if they only redid some stations (keeping the platforms for the older equipment), there will be overlap. Not sure how it's going to work if they still need the...

That was a response premised on knowing that I was responding to someone who has used Sacramento RT light rail. I don't think there was any confusion per se about the station layouts. They have that single high platform that's only used in the lead car - primarily for mobility reasons. I...

I don't think the stations need any real work to service a low floor vehicle. It's just boarding up a set of stairs right now unless one uses the disabled platform. They're still essentially streetcars.