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In addition to incentivizing the re-use of cards, there's another good reason no one seems to have pointed out: the MTA needs money to keep the fares as low as
by joemi 12y ago
In addition to incentivizing the re-use of cards, there's another good reason no one seems to have pointed out: the MTA needs money to keep the fares as low as $2.50.
They have a history of not making enough money, and everyone in NYC gets in a rage whenever the fare has to be hiked up. So if they're able to make some extra money off of tourists, for the benefit of all the regular New Yorkers, that's fine by me.
- JackFr 12y agoAs a New Yorker and a long-time subway rider, I get in a rage because I perceive the MTA to be mismanaged. Though performance of the system improved noticeably in the 90's and beyond the MTA keeps notoriously obscure books, and seem incapable of budgeting and planning. I understand that fares will go up for a number of reasons, but too often the MTA finds itself in the hole to a few hundred million bucks and cannot explain why.
- bravura 12y agoThey have a history of not making enough money Except, you know, when they discovered that they had an extra $1.9B dollars (surprise!) http://jalopnik.com/nycs-mta-finds-unexpected-1-9-billion-still-raising-1423319174 http://jalopnik.com/nycs-mta-finds-unexpected-1-9-billion-st... This has happened in the past too, where they magically discovered a surplus. I'd have to dig for the reference. They are terrible at bookkeeping is one reason New Yorkers hate the MTA.