Are city tickets availed on holidays

[IAlam]

Today's Thanksgiving so would I be able to get a city ticket cause everything on a Sunday schedule.

[Via Garibaldi 8]

Today's Thanksgiving so would I be able to get a city ticket cause everything on a Sunday schedule.

It should be. If so you'll see the option available when you go to purchase tickets. They are only good for travel in ONE direction, and only good for the day that they are used. You can also get one late Friday night after 00:00 since it is technically Saturday. In theory, City Ticket should be available today, and perhaps tomorrow through Sunday until 23:59 Sunday night.

From personal experience, the machines are automated so that I've been able to buy City Ticket late Friday night after 23:59, but had to pay off-peak for the same ticket Sunday night after 23:59 going back to Riverdale.

[Truckie]

Sorry for the bad news but city tickets are only available on weekends regardless of it being a weekend schedule.

[Via Garibaldi 8]

Sorry for the bad news but city tickets are only available on weekends regardless of it being a weekend schedule.

Interesting. I would think it has to be in part because the machines would have to programmed in such a way to distinguish such schedules, but more importantly due to the increased ridership during holidays as Black Friday.

 

I never gave it much thought because if I go to the city.for dinner, I always take the express bus since it's quick with little traffic.

[DetSMART45]

With all of the hubbub over lowering MNRR/LIRR ticket prices in City Zone to become a subway replacement, you'd think MTA would at least try it out over the holiday.  It could actually convince a few people to consider using the railroads over the subways not only on weekends but paying full fare during the rest of the week for their commutes.  I imagine there are plenty of people who wouldn't even consider using the railroads within City Zone and just put up with subway or bus delays and overcrowding, but after a faster journey for a little extra may just get them as customers.

 

Is City Ticket really that popular regularly?  After looking at different scenarios on Trip Planner, I could see using it myself, just because of some significant time savings.  I'm only surmising, but I'd imagine MTA doesn't promote City Ticket, judging by the way they approach so many other things.

[bobtehpanda]

With all of the hubbub over lowering MNRR/LIRR ticket prices in City Zone to become a subway replacement, you'd think MTA would at least try it out over the holiday.  It could actually convince a few people to consider using the railroads over the subways not only on weekends but paying full fare during the rest of the week for their commutes.  I imagine there are plenty of people who wouldn't even consider using the railroads within City Zone and just put up with subway or bus delays and overcrowding, but after a faster journey for a little extra may just get them as customers.

 

Is City Ticket really that popular regularly?  After looking at different scenarios on Trip Planner, I could see using it myself, just because of some significant time savings.  I'm only surmising, but I'd imagine MTA doesn't promote City Ticket, judging by the way they approach so many other things.

 

City Ticket gets zero promotion. The MTA is, understandably, very reluctant to give the City any sort of bonuses that they don't get paid in kind for. Take Student Metrocards, for example. The City has paid $90M a year for Student Metrocards pretty consistently over the past decade or two. This is despite both a rise in school enrollment and a rise in Metrocard fare. On top of that, a couple years back the DoE under Bloomberg shoved most of the kids who were on schoolbuses onto the MTA by giving them Student Metrocards when they didn't receive them previously. When the MTA asked the City to pay up, the entire debate was framed as "the greedy MTA hates the children" and the MTA had to backpedal and offer vastly expanded Student Metrocard service for no increase in funding.

 

The MTA is a cautious creature because of its history. It started out very optimistic because of new funding and expansion promises, then had the city pull the rug out from under its feet during the fiscal crisis. After that, the MTA basically won't do anything unless there is 100% guaranteed funding for it.

[Mysterious2train]

City Ticket gets zero promotion. The MTA is, understandably, very reluctant to give the City any sort of bonuses that they don't get paid in kind for. Take Student Metrocards, for example. The City has paid $90M a year for Student Metrocards pretty consistently over the past decade or two. This is despite both a rise in school enrollment and a rise in Metrocard fare. On top of that, a couple years back the DoE under Bloomberg shoved most of the kids who were on schoolbuses onto the MTA by giving them Student Metrocards when they didn't receive them previously. When the MTA asked the City to pay up, the entire debate was framed as "the greedy MTA hates the children" and the MTA had to backpedal and offer vastly expanded Student Metrocard service for no increase in funding.

 

The MTA is a cautious creature because of its history. It started out very optimistic because of new funding and expansion promises, then had the city pull the rug out from under its feet during the fiscal crisis. After that, the MTA basically won't do anything unless there is 100% guaranteed funding for it.

 

Nitpicking here, but I believe the city and state were both paying $45 million each until 2010, when the state reduced its contribution to $25 million (according to the IBO and Straphangers) which is even worse. I don't know if the amounts have changed since then. 

[Via Garibaldi 8]

With all of the hubbub over lowering MNRR/LIRR ticket prices in City Zone to become a subway replacement, you'd think MTA would at least try it out over the holiday.  It could actually convince a few people to consider using the railroads over the subways not only on weekends but paying full fare during the rest of the week for their commutes.  I imagine there are plenty of people who wouldn't even consider using the railroads within City Zone and just put up with subway or bus delays and overcrowding, but after a faster journey for a little extra may just get them as customers.

 

Is City Ticket really that popular regularly?  After looking at different scenarios on Trip Planner, I could see using it myself, just because of some significant time savings.  I'm only surmising, but I'd imagine MTA doesn't promote City Ticket, judging by the way they approach so many other things.

I certainly use it weekends.  If the shuttle ran on weekends in Riverdale, I would use it that much more frequently despite having an express bus pass, but the walk back usually deters me, so I tend to use it going to Manhattan since the bulk of my walking is downhill.