Oh, Philadelphia... How Are You So Awesome When Your Transit System Is So Awful?

While we're on the subject of public transit, does anyone know anyone who thinks SEPTA's elimination of paper transfers is a good idea?

I'd be all for eliminating the transfers if they were replaced with something else (DC's Metro, for example, has a fairly sophisticated transfer system), but they're simply disappearing. If you need to take more than one SEPTA vehicle — be it trolley, el train, subway, or bus — you'll need to pay an additional fare for each one (unless one of your transfers is through the subterranean routes at City Hall/15th St. Station, these will remain free).

While I never thought it made much sense to charge $0.60 per transfer to each additional vehicle, paying an extra $2 ($1.30 if you can get tokens) per route just seems ludicrous.