Question:
Come FY2012, what is the fate of peak-of-the-peak?
Option 1: Major success, other agencies will copy it
votes: 0
Option 2: People will deal. It'll "succeed"
votes: 4
Option 3: It'll fail and Metro will end it
votes: 2
Option 4: Upgrade problems will delay its start
votes: 2
Option 5: Other (note in comments)
votes: 0
This has a lot of debate, so it's time for a poll to see what everyone things of what a further complication to an already complicated fare policy would be.
Quote from: Tritransit Area on June 04, 2010, 12:50:31 PM
Hasn't "peak of the peak" been considered by at least one other agency?
It won't be considered until we see other major agencies go to distance/time of day based pricing. Call me when CTA, MBTA, or SEPTA considers such things (I left out MTA in New York since it's just too large to implement it).
I think it'll create new problems and the inevitable decline in ridership will lead to a fare cut for FY2012 just to get people back to Metro.
Quote from: Scrabbleship on June 11, 2010, 09:43:25 AM
Quote from: Tritransit Area on June 04, 2010, 12:50:31 PM
Hasn't "peak of the peak" been considered by at least one other agency?
It won't be considered until we see other major agencies go to distance/time of day based pricing. Call me when CTA, MBTA, or SEPTA considers such things (I left out MTA in New York since it's just too large to implement it).
I think it'll create new problems and the inevitable decline in ridership will lead to a fare cut for FY2012 just to get people back to Metro.
It WAS considered/recommended for New York City, see my post on the topic about William Vickrey's pricing theories for subways.
Why don't you give a new idea such as this one a chance before declaring it to be a failure? They haven't even implemented it yet.