Ride Free Area cancellation

As of September 29th, King County Metro will cancel the Ride Free Area program. This will significantly add wait time for boarding buses in Downtown, and I think that this change rather defeats the purpose of the Transit Tunnel. Now, all buses will be "pay as you enter" and all passengers will exit via the rear door. ORCA card holders will get a big benefit because they din't have to keep track of a billion paper transfers while shopping downtown.