http://laist.com/2006/12/28/am_news_fed_cash_green_goodness_ois_mta.php All comments for A.M. News: Fed Cash, Green Goodness, OIS & MTA en-us 2008 lindsayrebecca Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss lindsay@laist.com lindsay@laist.com 60 http://laist.com/2006/12/28/am_news_fed_cash_green_goodness_ois_mta.php#comment-863090 http://laist.com/2006/12/28/am_news_fed_cash_green_goodness_ois_mta.php#comment-863090 Comments Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:47:34 -0800 <p>Aha! I have been wondering what the mysterious "TAP Here" boxes were all about! Except -- maybe I was skimming or just not caffeinated enough -- but I don't understand how it saves time if you still need a paper ticket for security? For example, about once a month you get ticket-checked by random security guards. Will they (like the bus drivers) have some kind of electronic tap reader for every passenger? Or do you still show your paper ticket? And if you pay by credit card will the MTA be tracking you *and* saving that information? How will that information be used? How long will it be saved? And if you walk past a TAP machine at the Red Line and don't have a TAP pass, will an alarm sound? Who will monitor it? Even now, there's almost never security present, except for the rare random ticket search. I still cannot believe Los Angeles has a metro that runs on the honor system. </p>