A new MetroCard could soon cost a buck more — and that’s before you even put any money on it.
Under an MTA proposal, straphangers would be forced to pay a $1 “green fee” on each new MetroCard they buy.
The Earth-friendly, wallet-hostile proposal appears in the MTA’s preliminary budget for next year.
The goal is to reduce the amount of MetroCards that are printed, discarded and hauled to the landfill, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.
But the surcharge also will reap the MTA plenty of dough — an estimated $20 million a year, according to the budget. Straphangers were not pleased.
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I could understand if they did a 5 cents deposit like on bottles and cans…but $1??? and they call it green fee? I guess that makes sense since it is very green for the MTA.
“The goal is to reduce the amount of MetroCards that are printed, discarded and hauled to the landfill, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.”
THE REAL GOAL IS TO RAISE MONEY!!!! They always give some false reason.
Claiming this is for environmental reasons appears to be, as the goyim say, something nasty that comes from a part of a male bovine that we rarely eat. If they were really concerned about filling up landfills, they would switch back to tokens, or perhaps $1 coins.
Stored value cards are cheaper for the agency.
How about changing the expiration date from 9 months to 10 years so we are not forces to keep getting a new one!
“The goal is to reduce the amount of MetroCards that are printed, discarded and hauled to the landfill, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.”
REALLY??
Akuperma, I just laughed so hard!