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Re: (Op-ed) Express bus fare should be lower |
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Posted by BusMgr on Sat Nov 29 21:28:53 2014, in response to Re: (Op-ed) Express bus fare should be lower, posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Nov 29 18:15:34 2014. Historically, the express fare has been somewhere between 25 percent and 50 percent greater than the combined local bus plus subway fare. Essentially, people living in two-fare zones paid a small premium to ride a direct express bus instead of having to change from local bus to subway. But after MetroCard permitted free transfers between local buses and subways--effectively halving the fare for people in two-fare zones--the express should have also been adjusted so that it remained only a small premium over the combined local bus plus subway fare. Instead, the express fare has, proportionately, increased much more than the local fare. With the combined local bus plus subway fare now $2.50, and likely to go to $2.75 shortly, the express fare should really be around $3.50 to $3.75. |
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