[PRCo] Re: Back to the clock

[Fred Schneider]

So what if we're off track.   We're among friends.   One subject  
leads to another.   It's fun.

On Aug 25, 2007, at 11:45 AM, Bob Dietrich wrote:

> As usual we've gotten off track.  Fred asked where we can get a  
> clock for
> the museum.  I think it should be a clock of museum quality with a
> Pittsburgh significance.  I'm betting that the Kaufmanns Clock is not
> available so that is out.  But what ever happened to the clocks  
> from the
> P&LE archway over the Smithfield Bridge?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of  
> Herb
> Brannon
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 11:13 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: quick reply...The Clock
>
> So five cities out of how many hundred now use proof of payment. I  
> guess
> that sets us far apart from the 'mainstream' of public transit  
> authorities.
> Joshua Dunfield <joshuad at cs.cmu.edu> wrote:
> Herb Brannon wrote:
>> Sometime in the next several months GCRTA will embark on the  
>> "German Fare
> System" on
>> both the Red Line (heavy rail rapid transit) and the Silver Line  
>> (Euclid
> Avenue Bus
>> Rapid Transit). There will be ticket machines at every station on  
>> both
> lines. There
>> will also be "inspection teams" composed of a ticket inspector,  
>> supervisor
> and transit
>> police officer. The fine for not having a ticket is set at $150.00  
>> plus
> court
>> costs. The rapid transit fare is $1.75. I don't think many, if  
>> any, cities
> in the
>> U.S. have "proof of payment" fare collection.
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> Los Angeles (Metro Rail), Portland (MAX), the San Diego Trolley, and
> NJ Transit light rail (River Line and Newark, at least) all use POP.
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> -j.
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> Herb Brannon
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