The Port Authority board of directors held its monthly meeting for April this past Friday, and heard public comments related to the enforcement policies the Authority plans on using to ensure riders using the trolley have paid once the trolley goes “cashless”.
As we noted last June when writing on the proposed change, a document of “frequently asked questions” on the overall fare policy change that began going into effect on January 1st and that were adopted at the April 2016 board meeting the Authority would be using police officers and PAT staff to view/validate proof of payment.
According to the fare policy resolution, there was a public comment period on the proposal from February 1 to March 31, 2016 and the exhibit on the fare policy notes that “cashless proof of payment for rail mode and Mon incline mode” would be effective July 1, 2017 though in comments following the meeting on Friday the chairman of the board referred to the July 1 date as “a floating date”.
In February PAT altered the enter/exit policy that they attempted to implement as part of the fare policy change.
