[Yolobus Public Announcement] RT Announces New RT Policy requiring Swiping (Sliding) of Magnetic Fare Cards on Buses

[Kathy Souza]

YOLOBUS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

RT Announces New RT Policy requiring Swiping (Sliding) of Magnetic Fare Cards on Buses


Effective Monday, February 1, 2016, RT bus passengers will be required to swipe (slide) all passes and tickets with a magnetic stripe through the farebox upon boarding buses to confirm validity. Fare media with a magnetic stripe include monthly passes, semi-monthly passes, daily passes (pre-paid, farebox-issued and fare vending machine-issued), and pre-paid single ride tickets.

Passengers using RT photo ID cards with valid fare stickers (Disabled pass, Senior Pass, etc.) or Sac State Commuter sleeves and Los Rios Community College Student Access Cards as a form of fare media, will not need to swipe upon boarding.

Confirming validity via the magnetic stripe will help prevent counterfeiting and fraudulent use.

On buses, customers are asked to have passes and tickets ready to swipe to expedite boarding. On light rail trains, passes and tickets must be available for visual inspection.

For Yolobus passengers purchasing Daily Passes issued out of Yolobus fareboxes, which are valid on RT, we have the following guidance from RT:

If a pass is swiped (slid) through an RT bus farebox and gets a negative sound, RT drivers have been informed to visually inspect the pass. Customers will not be turned away unless the pass is not valid, "expired" or appears to be fraudulent when the RT driver does a visual inspection.


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