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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Sat May 26 08:04:31 2007, in response to Old Bus Ways, posted by Channel 7 Eyewitness News on Sat May 26 07:10:10 2007. If you needed a bus/subway commute you paid two fares. There was no other way, except some stations (like Rockaway Pkwy with the B42 and 3 Av/149 St with the Bx55 and some others) had a system that allowed you to make the transfer for free. The B42 stopped (and still does stop) within fare control of the Rkwy Pkwy station so that nobody gets charged another fare.There was also a system with the B46 at Utica Ave (3 and 4 subway station). You used to be able to get a free ticket back if you paid a certain amount on the way, that saved about a dollar a day I think. I don't think it lasted too long beause MetroCard came out soon afterward. As for the orange (and blue, depending on direction) tickets, I never recall them running out. They always had plenty to go around, and I think that if those that were stapled to the dashboard disappeared, there were always more on reserve. I liked it when the driver was too lazy to cut them off at a specific time, so you would sometimes be able to use them any time you wanted until "6AM Next Day!" The bad thing was that the drivers who took the transfer would look at them to make sure they were valid (and from a valid route as you could not use them anywhere as you can now). That was annoying. Now, however, if I only have cash, I can get on a Brooklyn bus, take the LIRR out to Queens, and use the transfer on a Queens bus, a much better system! As for paying 2 fares, however, (bus to subway), I think the highest fare there was with this system was $1.25, so it meant $2.50. |
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