randym99 t1_jdd80m6 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 3:44 PM

Reply to comment by rndljfry in SEPTA hopes new vertical gates will deter turnstile jumpers by APettyJ

2,800 reported fare jumps works out to a single fare jump per week at each station on the BSL and MFL. That 2,800 number might very well be off by 100x, in which case $700k every year is an excellent payback.

rndljfry t1_jddb3i8 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:03 PM

$975,000 for two stations.

Maybe if there were 195,000 jumps per station per year. That's 535/station/day.

randym99 t1_jddbyk8 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:09 PM

195k per station per year would be a 1 year payback, ignoring all benefit from cleaning the system up for honest riders. I'd be thrilled with a 5 year payback, which would require preventing 39k fare jumps per year per station, which is like 4-5 fare jumps per hour, which is probably in the ballpark of the actual situation on the ground today.