Gothamist: Using the Metrocard for Taxis

toyochin

Tue, 10 May 2005 11:48:04 -0500

Same here, Pedro. Plus, you can poke a hole in it and use attach it to your keys, a la grocery store cards. Of course, this doesn't work if you ride the bus often.

Pedro

Mon, 09 May 2005 22:28:52 -0500

Who says the current metro cards are too flimsy? I've never had a problem with my monthly cards, ever. And I treat them like crap.

Striver

Mon, 09 May 2005 20:01:10 -0500

In an amazing and singularly stupid move, the city's Muni-meters, which are rapidly replacing old school parking meters throughout Manhattan, do not take Metrocards!!! Instead, you've either got to carry around a bag of quarters ($2.00 per hour's worth) or send away for one of the cards or buy one at one of the two (count'em, 2) NYC & Co. stores that are authorized to sell them - and they can't be refilled. Every time you use one up, you've got to get a fresh one. Making those machines take Metrocards is such an obvious concept that only a political bunch of assholes could not have done it (probably - just my guess - a squabble between the MTA and the DOT on how to do the accounting). Given the city's abyssmal performance on the Muni-Meters, I don't expect to be using the Metrocard in a cab anytime soon.

anonymous

Mon, 09 May 2005 19:18:12 -0500

I want RFID-enabled Metrocards, so I can leave it in my wallet as I walk thru the turnstile, instead of the item juggling I invariably perform while pulling out my wallet, removing the Metrocard, avoiding the exiting users, not drop my attache and my lunchbag, shuffling through the turnstile and re-insert my metrocard into my over-exposed wallet, while heading to the wrong train!

alex

Mon, 09 May 2005 16:39:02 -0500

"And who new that Cubic also does...." new should be knew. I know. I'm too pedantic :(