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Re: MTA proposes strapping straphangers with $1 'green fee' on each new MetroCard |
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Posted by MATHA531 on Fri Jul 27 03:51:45 2012, in response to MTA proposes strapping straphangers with $1 'green fee' on each new MetroCard, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jul 27 02:14:27 2012. This isn't new. It was actually part of the last fare increase proposal that was instituted but never implemented. But to charge people $1 for a flimsy piece of cardboard that may cost a t5enth of a cent to print is absolutely nauseating. Now if theyh would enter the 21st century and introduce smart cards they could do much as tfl in London does i.e. charge a deposit for the smart card (although I must say £5 is kind of asinine too for a card tht may cost 25 cents to produce) but with such a card we could have a fare system that, for example, caps at a certain amoun t daily so as not to continue to unfairly penaloize riders who need to make 2 transfers say from bus to subway to bus (as long as it is within 2 hours, I don't understand why you have to pay another fare for that). But the MTA continues to wallow in 1980 technology in the same way they are nowhere near iantroducing countdown timers which have been part of mass transit systems for decades.But what else do you expect from the NYC subway system? |
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