by JoeG
Ryanov's proposal would work. If I get up the energy I'll send it to NJT and see if I get a response.
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philipmartin wrote:They are making announcements now. MyTix customers should activate them prior to boarding the train. Anyone who tenders his device to the ticket collector before it is activated my have to purchase his ticket the old way, and pay the $5.00 surcharge.
Steampowered wrote:the system is unreliable. and designed to steal tickets. Why cant NJT do ticketing like amtrak and just scan a bar code or number. Once the system knows it been used , the system takes out the number.Not that I speak for every trainman and I certainly do not speak for NJT, but us having scanners would just be one more thing for us to have to keep on us at all times not to mention (yeah, no thanks), NJT would have to change all of its current ticketing in order to implement some kind of system wide barcode scanner technology which would seem like needlessly spending precious dollars when the current system overall is fine.
DestinationUnknown wrote:they just need to make it friendlier , tickets should be stored on the phone. Fining someone $5 for not activating a ticket, cause of no celliular connecton is just wrong . Doesnt NJT already have an agreement with time warner for wifi, cant they just put some open access points near njt trains ?Steampowered wrote:the system is unreliable. and designed to steal tickets. Why cant NJT do ticketing like amtrak and just scan a bar code or number. Once the system knows it been used , the system takes out the number.Not that I speak for every trainman and I certainly do not speak for NJT, but us having scanners would just be one more thing for us to have to keep on us at all times not to mention (yeah, no thanks), NJT would have to change all of its current ticketing in order to implement some kind of system wide barcode scanner technology which would seem like needlessly spending precious dollars when the current system overall is fine.
The rare occasion when My Tix craps out across the board is one thing, but for the most part it seems to work fine. If only those using it actually read the agreement it makes you say yes or no to after downloading, I'd have less people telling me what the rules for mobile tickets are!
Steampowered wrote:Everything you're saying is fine, but enough passengers have active, working mobile tickets when leaving Penn Station, my guess being because these tickets were activated prior to boarding.DestinationUnknown wrote:they just need to make it friendlier , tickets should be stored on the phone. Fining someone $5 for not activating a ticket, cause of no celliular connecton is just wrong . Doesnt NJT already have an agreement with time warner for wifi, cant they just put some open access points near njt trains ?Steampowered wrote:the system is unreliable. and designed to steal tickets. Why cant NJT do ticketing like amtrak and just scan a bar code or number. Once the system knows it been used , the system takes out the number.Not that I speak for every trainman and I certainly do not speak for NJT, but us having scanners would just be one more thing for us to have to keep on us at all times not to mention (yeah, no thanks), NJT would have to change all of its current ticketing in order to implement some kind of system wide barcode scanner technology which would seem like needlessly spending precious dollars when the current system overall is fine.
The rare occasion when My Tix craps out across the board is one thing, but for the most part it seems to work fine. If only those using it actually read the agreement it makes you say yes or no to after downloading, I'd have less people telling me what the rules for mobile tickets are!
Steampowered wrote: Fining someone $5 for not activating a ticket, cause of no celliular connecton is just wrong .Today's station announcements and the alert on the website for the past few days omit mention of possibly having to buy the ticket on the train and pay the surcharge. They just say remember to activate your ticket before you get on the train. Maybe they figured the penalty part of the announcement wasn't helping their image.