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Word: operatorless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...operatorless PRTs will sharply reduce payrolls, which amount to 60% to 70% of the operating costs of traditional transportation systems. But they leave one mass-transportation problem unsolved: Who collects the fares? The Department of Transportation is still working out a method, but is leaning toward a magnetically coded pass card that, inserted in a slot, will allow a passenger through a turnstile at the same time that his name is forwarded to a computer for later billing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The People Movers | 6/12/1972 | See Source »

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