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For those of us who aren't familiar with the price history what's the lie here?
by sushisource 9y ago
For those of us who aren't familiar with the price history what's the lie here?
- biggc 9y agoThey're comparing a single-ride fare to a monthly-pass fare. A single ride fare cost $2.00 in 2008[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_transit_fares#Fare_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_transit_fares#Fa...
- ryankupyn 9y agoThe MTA is comparing single-ride fares with "effective" cost per ride of a then-$81 30 day pass, which they amortize over around 70 rides, which is a bit high for the average person in my experience (though not ridiculous). It might be more accurate to compare the single-ride fare then with the single-ride fare at the time the photo was taken, which was either $2.00 or $2.25 (the price changed in 2009, I think).
- megy 9y agoDid they have multi-day passes back then? It might be reasonable to compare the cheapest options available then.
- bogomipz 9y agoThey did not. You actually bought metal subway tokens that you dropped into a coin slot on the turnstile. See: https://untappedcities.com/2011/07/06/subway-tokens-a-dose-of-nostalgia/ https://untappedcities.com/2011/07/06/subway-tokens-a-dose-o...
- rangibaby 9y agoI surprised that they don't have a commuter ticket system. In my city the commuter ticket price is calculated to be somewhat cheaper than return fare*20 as well as being a tax deductible.
- JackFr 9y agoThe obvious part of the lie to me is that they would raise fares to increase revenue, and claim that because of the 30-day and 7-day discounts you wouldn't be paying any more. Huh? How are you going to increase revenue if no one is paying more.
- CPLX 9y agoTourists. We have quite a few of them here.