Make discount train fares accessible to low-income New Yorkers!

Posted by Kerim

January 30, 2003

The NY Straphangers campaign as some interesting ideas about how to change the MetroCard fare system used on New York City mass transit. Currently many low-income riders cannot afford to pay the $63 for a monthly pass! Discounted bi-weekly passes would address this issue! (More suggestions on their site.)

Nearly one-half (45%) of lower-income riders surveyed who use a 7-day pass said that the cost of a 30-day card is a “very important” reason for not buying a 30-day pass. A bi-weekly pass priced at $31.50—one-half the cost of the monthly pass—makes the savings of the current 30-day pass more accessible to lower-income riders

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