Fred.S
Active Member
The big problem with public cars is you have no way of knowing the condition of the car you will be using. People will leave their trash, spill soda on the seat. Some might defecate, others might do even worse damage. In the end, you might end up with a car that isn't fit for riding in. How do we prevent this?
That'll definitely be an issue... My hope is that a system like this would only use card-based fare (credit cards and/or something like presto), have cameras installed in the vehicles and stations, and have a "reject/clean vehicle" button in the vehicle and stations.
This way, if a vehicle is flagged as dirty, someone at a central control can check the vehicle via camera, check the camera/fare logs, and fine the offender (charge their credit card/fare card).
This obviously wont stop everything that can happen, but I can handle a little trash/graffiti, and I think 99.9% of the population won't be using the vehicles as a toilet...