[IP] more on Amtrak's ID requiremeent
-----Original Message-----
From: "Dr. James J. O'Donnell"<provost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 8/15/05 7:52:30 AM
To: "David Farber"<dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Amtrak's ID requiremeent
Dave, no defense of Amtrak here: I've ridden them for 35 years, and they
are utterly unchanging and unprogressing. The day after 7/7, all ID's
were checked getting on to trains in DC, by two people, while several
other Amtrak employees stood around and watched and the crowd backed up.
A week later, they'd relaxed and the conductors were announcing that they
were doing the following random check: when the trip started, the
conductor thought of a number between 1 and 10 and if your ticket number
ended with that unannounced digit, you got carded.
Jim O'Donnell
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