SEPTA and its Idiocracy

SEPTA to offer 'fare credit' to ease onboard ticket buy

Another brilliant decision from SEPTA management designed to punish the casual rider - the one group that could actually help it achieve some financial viability.

Every five years or so that have to recall automatic ticketing machines because no one in management ever seems to know or care about their past mistakes with the previous set of ticketing machines. Until about five years ago, these geniuses still had system maps in all of the stations that showed the trains going on lines that were shut down in the mid-80s.

They should spin-off and privatize the regional rail (if they can find a buyer). Then maybe someone will take their ticketing system out of the 19th century and eliminate the need for one union member per car on each train, some of whom make it their full-time job to be surly with passengers who aren’t familiar with the system.