The Bay Area ’s transportation infrastructure is so overloaded that BART is paying people to halt riding train during rush hr , according to a Reuters report post onSouthCoastToday . The programme , call BART Perks , will permit people amass points that they can redeem for tiny amounts of money if they hinge upon early in the morning rather than during rush hour .
In general , people who apply BART ’s Clipper card to recruit the underground earn one point for every ride they take , but riders who enter between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. get bonus item in different measure , depending on how often you take reward of these non - rush - 60 minutes trip . After 9:30 a.m. , you get a unmarried point for every nautical mile you go . There will be random chance to earn points , too , allot to BART . The FAQs explain that “ Occasionally , you will receive presentment that a fillip box is available . These are special , special - metre opportunities to earn more point , individualize to your commutation history . ”
At the end of the month , you may choose to get a payout ( $ 1 for every 1000 points ) or enroll to win random immediate payment reward or more points , as lay out in the program ’s FAQs [ PDF ] . The six - month pilot will terminate in February 2017 , at which pointedness the transit authority will evaluate whether it ’s effective enough to continue .
Between BART ’s sudden surge in ridership , thanks to the technical school roar and the system’saging infrastructure(not rare to Americantransportation organization , orU.S. trainsin general ) , it ’s face increase equipment failures like electrical surges thatcause time lag , and on already crowded trains , customer satisfaction is at anextreme lowly . Asking people to contain ride the train during popular hr is n’t a real mess — people ’s work schedules are n’t go to change over metro crowd — but it might at least relieve the system a tiny bit as riders wait for actualexpansionsin service and infrastructureupgrades , which will take year to complete . In the meanwhile , earn a dollar sign or two a month by dumbfound to work really , really ahead of time .
[ h / tSouthCoastToday ]
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