Dma

Excuse me but some people actually can't understand the terrible advertisement on the machines that say get ticket here. It is understood that metrocard serves as the ticket for all NYC transit so a paper or receipt ticket doesn't make sense as far as fee payment. Other cities in the US have a different system so you cannot say this is common practice elsewhere. In other countries they do not make the mistake of calling it a ticket machine but rather tell people to VALIDATE their ticket ahead of time. Even NJ transit light rail has this system. But the fact that there is no clear signage stating ticket or metrocards must be validated as a paper receipt prior to boarding leaves people thinking they can "pay" once they board which turns out they can't because the machine he been covered and made to look like out of order. I'm not unreasonable in saying this is a misunderstanding people can have and the TAB doesn't understand this when you hand out summonses liberally. What's especially frustrating is the LMK of consistency over people who are riding with a free transfer or an unlimited card vs people who never bothered to pay in the first place. The TAB doesn't understand the someone who already paid their fare and has a free transfer he paid that's it , thus even if they did not validate their transfer it was still paid for and person boarding SBS is not evading any fare.