OK, there are two stops (University and Eastwick). 30th St is the main station.
Oh yeah, and screw the idea of getting rid of cash with a turbocharged jackhammer. There go peoples’ privacy and anonymity. Unless they start accepting Bitcoin, of course. The problem isn’t cash in Philly. The problem is lack of working ticket machines, so most tickets are sold on the trains. If they didn’t need to sell tickets on the trains, ticket controls could be random and they could install fare gates at the most heavily used stations.
In my book, the ability to use common carriers and travel as anonymously as possible should be seen as a human right. Frankly, the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction in this country since 9/11, so no need to aggravate the problem further.
This is why I’ll always take a filthy-ass cab with a driver who smells of week-old marijuana smoke over Uber. I don’t feel that my travel needs to become part of some big database tied to my credit card # and personal details.
Germany has the right idea. Largely a cash (in the literal sense) economy, but the trains still run on time.
