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Re: NJT's New 62 line with the new 48 line |
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Posted by BusMgr on Fri Aug 31 02:11:58 2012, in response to Re: NJT's New 62 line with the new 48 line, posted by JAzumah on Thu Aug 30 19:59:27 2012. I think NJT probably could afford to eliminate the zone system on local bus routes within New Jersey. To do so the base fare would like have to be a bit higher that a 1-zone fare now. I suspect that the real money issue is on the routes to and from New York City and Philadelphia, and some of the longer routes within New Jersey (e.g. route 67).Many years ago AC Transit had zone fares on all their routes throughout the East Bay. Later, AC eliminated zone charges on local routes, keeping them only for transbay and the handful of express routes into downtown Oakland. While the motivation for the change was to cut back on drivers being beaten up at zone boundaries, I suspect that there was not that much of a revenue impact since not that many passengers ride for a long distance on local bus routes (the trip takes too long). While there may be some people making a 5-zone trip on NJT's route 62 (soon to be 62 + 48), overall, that's not so many people that the elimination of zones on that route would be noticed on a system-wide basis. Nor can I see many people changing from riding the 116 for a quick trip now for a cheaper (and much more tedious) journey on the 62 + PATH. |
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