
And the MTA's fare hikes have apparently caused a ridership decline. Gothamist is worried that the next step is for the MTA to demand the firstborn from monthly Metrocard holders. Gothamist on people hoarding tokens.

And the MTA's fare hikes have apparently caused a ridership decline. Gothamist is worried that the next step is for the MTA to demand the firstborn from monthly Metrocard holders. Gothamist on people hoarding tokens.
I miss the token. Over the last few months, my car was in the shop more often than it was in my driveway. This forced me to use the bus. I had to have 8 quarters for each fare. So I had to have 16 quarters a day! Quite a weight to carry around as opposed to just 2 tokens! Never liked the metro card. Have you seen these people using them? Why can't they have them ready as they get on the bus? They look in every pocket, its usually in the last one. Then its in some kind of wallet or folder which takes time to pull apart. Then it has to be inserted properly. How about those with the empty cards? With the token, it was so much faster. Either you had it or not, and it was easy to use. I miss tokens.