As far as fare evasion goes, perhaps they ought to get
people to show their tickets to the drivers when leaving
the tram, to discourage people from riding without a ticket?
Letting the driver ensure that people have tickets as
they get off would be almost as fast as people getting on
board driver-only trams or buses now, who already
have a ticket. Some places such as Seattle have
passengers exiting the front door and paying
the driver on the way out (on trips away from the city
centre, at least).
But if tram drivers will take no part whatsoever in fare
collection, will we eventually see W class trams with
no conductor and a ticket machine?
Daniel
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