The Cate(r)nary Type wrote:Ha! I figured it out in 8th grade!
Yup, I was (still am) good at math and heavy-duty analytical stuff too. That's why they pay me to play with computers all day, I guess. But the point is not how much those of us here who are math and science geeks can figure out. It's things like the following (and before anyone jumps on me with explanations, I know the history/politics behind the answers; I'm just writing rhetorically!)
> Why can you pay your fare at one time when you're inbound from the suburbs, but have to pay the same amount split into two pieces when you're going outbound?
> Why does a CTD monthly pass cost more than a month of individually-paid fares?
> Why don't the TVM's take any bills printed after 1996?
> Why isn't there a cost-effective zoned pass for people who commute to the suburbs on transit lines, as opposed to the RRD?
etc., etc., etc.
The average person out there isn't into doing arithmetic each month just to figure out how much to pay or what "instrument" to buy. IMHO determining optimal costs and calculating convenience metrics is a job for an economics or O.R. course, not a subway ride.