Fuller disclosure: you're an idiot if you roll on tha #trimet's using Hop but without a paper ticket as backup fare.
Technology fails and #transit fails even more. Carry a paper transfer with you at all times. Think of it as the condom for the #transit world. (these hashtags are auto populating cuz my autocorrect. Deal with it.)
A non-validated ticket is like $2.50 Trump USD. As of 2017 it is valid until it is validated and that validated stamp expires. $2.50 is a cheap insurance plan when the alternative is your iPhone 22 takes a dump into a pile of vomit on the train floor shorting out your apps that proved you bought a day pass... Just as the fare inspector boards your train. OMG whatever would you do? Likely you'll still be cited for invalid or non-existent fare so this scenario doesnt make sense.
But let's just pretend you bought a day pass with an app and just as the train is pulling in (that's what she said) your phone exploded totally obliterating your proof of valid fare. Your train stops and it's doors open and there stands a fare inspector. Well if you're carrying a paper transfer you're in good shape, not 24 hour fitness good but still, OK shape.
Anyways so this post bores me now so imma let you go.
Love & Guns.
-Max Wes, the Purple Line Strangler (blog post writer)
The HOP is nothing but a tracking system
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