Why is it they can’t allow the city to manage it’s own MTA when the city generates 66% of the MTA’s revenue?

Why is it that there is competition between bus and subway lines? After all wouldn’t it make sense if there was an incentive between lines to compete for federal funding, and revenue which would make service better across the board?

Why not a fare cut? Look at express bus service in the outerboroughs where people are sitting in buses for 2,3 hours and paying more for less?

You can buy a card in just about any amount you want. It’s under the “other amount” option.”

Er, OK. How does the bonus dollars work then? Did it give you 20% for a $3 card? Weird.

Oh, and I vote for no fare hike too. And I also vote for not sticking it harder to the monthly folk in under to subsidize the dollar folk. However, any way you look at it, the monthly is going up a lower percentage than the dollar rate, regardless of which propsed amount they go with on the monthly. So I figure us monthly guys are getting a deal (comparatively, the bastards!) anyhow.

I don’t think you are the only one who votes no for a fare hike. I just think many of us expect it to go through regardless of our outcry. This should not stop us from hammering our points home which I have been adamant about lately.

However unless someone drastically pulls the MTA’s card & sham, the fare hike is happening.

You can’t get a $22.50 card. $20 gets you a $24 card. So, you are going to end up with $1.50 on a card that you will have to recombine or recharge anyhow.

Ahhh but you can get a $22.50 card. To prove it, I bought a $2.50 card tonight, just for kicks.

You can buy a card in just about any amount you want. It’s under the “other amount” option.

You don’t explain why riders like myself, TSB, & many others who use unlimited monthly cards have to foot the bill for others to ride cheaper.

The idea that we should foot the bill for others to ride at a cheaper cost is beyond ridiculous. Plus no matter the cost, a majority of riders have to ride at peak times & have no say in the matter.

Even the MTA expects only a small percentage to take advantage of $1.50 fares. In the end we should not have to foot the bill!

I miss tokens.

True, but you can get 10 rides for $22.50, and know that no matter what, it is always going to be 10 rides. That way you can just keep track of how many “swipes” you have left instead of the dollar value.

Why not just have us swipe our credit cards through the slot instead? Wouldnt that just cut through most of the crap?

Off-peak fares are a good idea. They’ll induce more people to ride when there’s more spare capacity, and they’ll be good for the elderly. PATH riders have been dealing with a decimal fare on their Metrocards for a while, and the sky hasn’t fallen.