Gothamist: The Demise of MTA Fare Discounts?

candleblue

Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:05:38 -0500

Maybe we should all learn how to rollerblade.

wordgirl

Thu, 04 Dec 2003 10:54:51 -0500

Maybe if they stopped repainting the Union Square subway station columns every three days (I swear that they are red and green today), they would have less of a deficit.

Howard

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:14:21 -0500

Not only should they not take the discount away, they should take a page out of the MBTA's playbook and offer rebates when your train is more than 30 minutes late.

Mike

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:34:30 -0500

Ergo: stock up on $80 pay-per-ride MetroCards now. When they expire, you can roll them over to a new card (within a year of expiration).

Alex

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:16:02 -0500

Wait, so how would the unlimited cards work? They would just get rid of unlimited cards? Or just charge more for them?

tg

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 11:01:25 -0500

Nice contrast to the current ad campaign running on the subways, where the MTA encourages the purchase of unlimited cards, touting the significant savings. Maybe they should ad a 'for a limited time only!' sticker. Bastards. (And speaking of the MTA ads - who do they hire to write those things?!? So awful.)

tanktop

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 09:15:27 -0500

wait up. Me confused. Weren't they almost forced to roll back the fare hike because they were secretly hiding a budget surplus? So now I am supposed to fall for an "$840 million deficit"? Uh-huh. grrrrr.