Peak-of-the-Peak Poll-of-the-Poll

[Scrabbleship]

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.

[Tritransit Area]

Hasn't "peak of the peak" been considered by at least one other agency?

[Scrabbleship]

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.

[WMATAGMOAGH]

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.