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Originally Posted by ByeByeBaby
It's probably not the only reason, but an annual pass is essentially printing a thousand dollar bill, with the security and counterfeit measures implied. It's hard-ish to fence transit passes, I'm guessing, so the level of printing technology CT uses is enough to discourage counterfeiting; with an annual pass, it would be a much more attractive target. And if someone lost their wallet, — goes $1K.
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I think the electronic version would be easier to manage. If an electronic year pass was lost or stolen, it could be deactivated and a new one re-issued (with administration fees of course.). If the pass is issued with photo ID, I wouldn't see a problem.
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