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Posted by BusMgr on Wed Apr 1 00:48:10 2020 The Chicago Transit Authority is providing credits for portions of transit passes going unused during the coronavirus crisis. The Ventra website states:
On the other hand, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority is denying credits for portions of transit passes going unused during the coronavirus crisis. The MTA website states:
The obvious question is why the New York MTA does not have the same capacity as the Chicago CTA in being able to provide credits to its passengers unable to use their farecards on account of the governor's stay-at-home order. Why does the Chicago CTA have the technology to implement refunds, but the New York MTA apparently does not have the same technology? Or might it be that the New York MTA does, in fact, have the technology to do so, but this is a case where State of New York is actubg disingenuously? That is, the state is, on the one hand, selling transit farecards to gain revenue through its MTA, and on the other hand, the state is prohibiting the beneficial use of such farecards through its governor? |