Ok, so fire ALL the parking lot attendants, force everyone, including tourists, to buy $5.00 SmartTrip cards, and load upwards of $4.00 more to pay for parking, and then run out of cards....BRILLIANT!!
Metro Temporarily Halts SmarTrip Card Sales Panel Also Suspends Two-Car, Late-Night Trains
Associated Press Thursday, July 22, 2004; 3:37 PM
"Metro is temporarily suspending sales of SmarTrip cards and permanently suspending late-night two-car trains.
Metro officials said Thursday they only have about 20,000 of the plastic SmarTrip cards left. Although supplies will be trickling in, they have decided to halt sales next Monday, and resume again in September when a stockpile is built up.
Board members criticized managers who didn't foresee the shortage--especially after requiring SmarTrip cards to pay for parking at Metro lots beginning last month. Drivers without a SmarTrip card will have to buy paper farecards for the exact amount of the parking fee. They'll hand them to one of 48 temporary workers Metro is hiring to collect them.
Officials said they didn't expect the big increase in tourism or the overwhelming demand from local residents. The cards are now accepted on most Metrobuses, adding to the demand.
Meanwhile, Metro announced Thursday it was the end of the line for tiny late-night trains.
On June 27, Metro began operating two-car trains after 10 p.m. on nights Sunday through Thursday. That angered passengers who were either shoehorned into sardine-like conditions or were left behind on station platforms.
Board members said the mini-trains were a mistake, and that they had based their original decision on winter ridership numbers -- before the surge in tourism.
Metro general manager Richard White said he would have to figure out where to come up with the $1 million Metro had expected to save each year. "
Gotta luv dat!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA....this shit would be funny if it wasn't so real!
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