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Re: ''Metrocard transfer''-- the MTA.info answer |
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Posted by BusMgr on Thu Mar 22 16:39:08 2012, in response to Re: ''Metrocard transfer''-- the MTA.info answer, posted by New Flyer #857 on Thu Dec 18 09:11:03 2008. If the concept is selling transit use for a certain period of time, then why bother with any restrictions? It only makes it more difficult for people to use the system effectively.Permitting multiple entrances into the subway allows for transfers at locations where no physical facilities exist, thereby saving time for the passenger, and alleviates the building of transfer facilities that only a few people might ever use. Think about the transfer between the J train at Lorimer St station and the G train at Broadway station. Permitting multiple entrances onto the "same" bus route alleviates the problems of short turns, limited stops, overcrowding and break downs. The real concern is for the MTA to be able to minimize revenue changes by continuing to be able to collect two fares from a person making a round-trip to some destination; the public concern is being able to complete an arbitrary one-way trip on a single fare. I think that a time period of about 3 to 4 hours allows both concerns to be satisfied (i.e., work trips would continue to require two fares, while long trips and trips involving infrequent bus service would only require a single fare). |
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