tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714426597280694490.post2175551521515206613..comments2024-02-19T09:05:53.444-08:00Comments on Akit's Complaint Department: $10,000 Each for a Clipper Portable Card Reader? More Expensive Stuff from the MTCAkithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905273274257369338noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714426597280694490.post-87779191021299996232011-05-22T15:56:47.734-07:002011-05-22T15:56:47.734-07:00Interesting blog. As a former San Franciscan I sym...Interesting blog. As a former San Franciscan I sympathize with the woes of public transit.<br /><br />It is a bit peripheral to this post, but this may interest you:<br /><br />http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/05/forged_subway_p.html<br /><br />Cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714426597280694490.post-56892995837690203052011-05-17T08:05:08.051-07:002011-05-17T08:05:08.051-07:00There is a slight plausible reason for Caltrain wa...There is a slight plausible reason for Caltrain wanting those Clipper portable readers. Stanford is not a station but a stop and only on game days or other special events. There are no ticketing machines there. Normally people going to or from Stanford go to Palo Alto station. <br /><br />Currently Stanford special events riders are told to buy tickets at whatever station they board from, usually a day pass. And they always say you cannot buy tickets at Stanford. The readers, I suppose, allow Caltrain the option of allowing people to load cash to pay fares at Stanford stop. It does not make much sense though. Caltrain does not spend money to install ticket machines at this stop for one simple reason: they only stop at Stanford a few times a year for football games.<br /><br />Someone needs to ask real questions about this boondoogle.Mark Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106791033368904738noreply@blogger.com