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They are individually serial-numbered.
* "Metrocards to Replace School Transit Passes"
* By John Sullivan, The New York Times, 8/26/1996
*
* About 500,000 students will now have their bus and subway usage tracked by
* Metrocards, in an effort to save money. Unlike current passes, which
* students can use anytime between 6 A.M. and 7 P.M. on weekdays, the
* Metrocard pass can be programmed to restrict the students to a set number
* of trips a day.
*
* Ms. Gonzalez-Light, a spokeswoman for the Board of Education, said they
* would work with the Transit Authority to individualize the number of
* trips per student to adjust for extra-curricular activities.
Then you could track each individual student? Decide if they might be truant
including if they didn't use it, or went the wrong way?
* "Last Clink for Token-Only Turnstiles"
* By Garry Pierre-Pierre, The New York Times, May 14 1997
*
* The last token-only turnstile was ripped out today.
*
* Officials have spent $700 million over a four-year period to automate the
* system, including upgrading the electrical wiring and the computer systems
* to link up the vast network.
*
* Tokens will be eliminated in a year or so.
*
* For years, transit riders and advocates have been demanding discounts like
* other cities, but transit officials said they couldn't do it without an
* ele
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