Gothamist: Lots of People Scored Free LIRR Tickets, MetroCards

fun22watcher

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:21:36 -0500

So the MTA, (Metro North and LIRR) supposedly noticed some discrepencies with how many tickets they sold vs. how much money they took in but just figured it was delays in credits from the bank. So someone buying up to $17,600 worth of tickets in two days and the weekly audit did not notice this discrepency. Hmm. So does this mean there were weeks when they received more money than tickets sold where this difference was made up? More high marks for MTA employees not noticing that money that is not theirs to waste is being wasted. The MTA is just a big black hole of money disappearing into the dirty train tunnels.

Steven

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:24:38 -0500

Greed will always get you arrested.

Politburo

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:11:24 -0500

Transit agencies are like little fiefdoms. They don't want to give up control over anything, especially ticketing/revenue.

Think twice

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:34:01 -0500

Topic tangent: LIRR and Metro-North should just use the Subway/Bus fare system, possibly with free transfers to the bus and subway.