LRG Posted September 30, 2010 Share #1 Posted September 30, 2010 It's the love of New York's transit life, and the unlimited ride MetroCard looks like it's here to stay. "There wasn't a lot of enthusiasm for the idea of a capped pass. I think that message has been heard loud and clear. I expect you'll see that in what comes forward to the board," said MTA Chairman & CEO Jay Walder. At hearings across the city, riders spoke passionately in favor of keeping the unlimited 30-day card. No one was happy about the prospect of paying $104 when fares go up in January. But that's probably the price that will be presented when the MTA board votes next week. "At this time I don't expect anything really differently from what they heard on that," Walder said. Even advocates, who universally oppose any increase now, say keeping the unlimited card -- even at a higher price -- would show the MTA is at least listening. "It's bittersweet. A $15 increase is a lot of money. It's $180 a year that people are going to have to dig deeper into their pockets," said Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign. Riders, meanwhile, say paying more will force them to cut corners. "I mean that's lunch, or a cab ride home at night. Or, you know, Starbucks or something during the day," said transit rider Dani Axelrod. "There's people without work trying to get around, trying to cut costs, taking public transportation as an environmental option and as a budget option," said transit rider Glenn Barton. "Everybody's having to tighten up their belts at this time. They need to tighten their belt," said transit rider Ronald Matthials. As much as riders like to blame the MTA for what they see as waste and inefficiency, advocates say they should point fingers elsewhere for this fare hike. "We're already looking at $750 million in savings from some of the cuts they've made to their bureaucracy. So I think the MTA is really doing all that it can. And now it's up to the State Legislature to finally give our transit system the funding it needs to be sustainable," said Paul Steely White of the group Transportation Alternatives. But with little hope of immediate help from Albany, the MTA says fare hikes are the only way to sustain the system. Link: http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/126300/despite-hike--mta-likely-to-keep-unlimited-rides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted September 30, 2010 Share #2 Posted September 30, 2010 Lol. No more Starbucks or cab rides. What about the people who can't afford those in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpectacular Posted September 30, 2010 Share #3 Posted September 30, 2010 Isn't Starbucks pricey? Smh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova RTS 9147 Posted September 30, 2010 Share #4 Posted September 30, 2010 Kudos to Jay Walder for the symbolic victory...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted October 1, 2010 Share #5 Posted October 1, 2010 I dont get it. If the wants to create a Metro Card Limited at 99$ but preserve Unlimited at 104$, why not increase or decrease ether the Unlimited or Limited. I mean in between is $4-5 and most likely the Limited MetroCard of 90 rides may not become popular at all.. The 7 day Metro card limited wont become popular its self since u can put 1 dollar more just to get an Unlimited. $28 > $29 dollars. Scammers would still scam the system unless the is increasing the time limits between use and preventing Metrocards from being used once but then like 5min after you go to another Subway entry and get on with no limits. Tried that and it works. http://www.mta.info/mta/2011_fare_change_nyct.html Unless all this has changed after the hearing, then i could be wrong. Again most people are dumb (Not people here), they are blaming all this on the , instead of the STATE whos responsible for the .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share #6 Posted October 1, 2010 I dont get it. If the wants to create a Metro Card Limited at 99$ but preserve Unlimited at 104$, why not increase or decrease ether the Unlimited or Limited. I mean in between is $4-5 and most likely the Limited MetroCard of 90 rides may not become popular at all.. The 7 day Metro card limited wont become popular its self since u can put 1 dollar more just to get an Unlimited. $27 > $28 dollars. Scammers would still scam the system unless the is increasing the time limits between use and preveting Metrocards from being used once but then like 5min after you go to another Subway entry and get on with no limits. Tried that and it works. Again most people are dumb (Not people here), they are blaming all this on the , instead of the STATE whos responsible for the .. I think the way it was supposed to work was that the Unlimited and the 90-ride would only coincide if the Unlimited costed $30 more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted October 1, 2010 Share #7 Posted October 1, 2010 I think the way it was supposed to work was that the Unlimited and the 90-ride would only coincide if the Unlimited costed $30 more. Ya I read that part The proposed pass prices, shown above, assume one of the two options will be offered to customers. If both options were to be offered to customers, in order to achieve sufficient revenues, the price of the 30-Day Unlimited Card would need to be increased to $130, and the 7-Day Unlimited Card would increase to $38. Input on the choice among pass options will be sought at the public hearings. Thanks, i guess ill have to wait and see. Wonder if Senior/Disabled are gonna become affected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Line1291 Posted October 1, 2010 Share #8 Posted October 1, 2010 This whole drama between the and the State makes me appreciate "the life in N.C." even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted October 2, 2010 Share #9 Posted October 2, 2010 Is the 1 day unilimited likely to stay as well or just an uncapped 30 day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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