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Express Fare and Wheelchair access (was Re: (Op-ed) Express bus fare should be lower) |
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Posted by BrianB on Mon Dec 1 02:25:42 2014, in response to (Op-ed) Express bus fare should be lower, posted by Gold_12th on Fri Nov 28 22:18:01 2014. In large part what has kept off-peak expresses operating is the non-wheelchair accessibility of both several subway stations, as well as most of the SIRR.As a wheelchair user myself (due to degenerating nerve disease), I tended to avoid the expresses when I was last in the city this last summer. Hmm, just read and realized that all expresses use MCI's, therefore I could have ridden them prima-facie free of charge (?!) As a recipient of SSI (due to a long hiatus of work while I was in college and university), I do not receive medicare. As such, I am perversely required to pay full fare whenever I am in NYC as I've not had the time to invest in getting a reduced-fare metrocard. I do have a reduced-fare card both for where I reside, and a reduced-fare orca card for Puget Sound. That having been said, and if I'd had to make a time-sensitive commute 5 days a week during winter months, I would have accepted it as a cost of living to have to buy a weekly Express pass, which amounts to roughly 220.00 per month. Otherwise, I'm happy with a regular fare pass, which is what I had this last summer. Of course, I was one of the few M35 passengers who regularly paid their fare, and probably the only wheelchair who bothered paying, and even then, I'll admit I didn't dip every time, only when there weren't 40 men rushing to make it to bed signing (any M35 driver can attest to this 9pm crush). Brian Bradford Kennewick, WA |
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