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Posted by Wakefield-241st Street on Wed Oct 1 14:18:27 2014, in response to The Need for Better Bus Service, posted by BrooklynBus on Wed Sep 24 00:02:11 2014. These services have increased the need to transfer, and in some instances the need to pay a double fare or make a more indirect trip to avoid it. (Only one bus-subway transfer is allowed or one transfer between buses in virtually all cases.) I have also discussed how this policy could be changed to be more fair.Please explain - - I can travel from anywhere in Staten Island to the ferry and transfer again to the subway at certain nearby stations. Similarly, I actually have many more options when Metrocard was introduced. Over time, the Metrocard use and free transfers expanded to Long Island (now NICE) and Beel line buses. I can take any bus from White Plains to a feeder subway connection in the Bronx for $2.50. Likewise, I can do the same from Hicksville to Jamaica or Flushing on the N22 and N20, respectively. Prior to the free transfers, most outer neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens were 2 fare zones, let alone the 'burbs of Westchester and Long Island. The Metrocard also allows creativity in making "single fare" round trips for simple errands of quick stops, such as taking the 2 train from Gun Hill to East 149th Street/3rd Ave then getting the Bx41 bus back up before the 2 hour limit expires. You didnt have that luxury when usinging those blue or orange bus transfers. |
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