Council Member Simcha Felder will be calling for commuter-friendly 5-day or month-long weekday-only unlimited Metrocards to appeal to commuters in the outer-boroughs who do not use the subway on the weekends. Thanks to a string of hikes targeted at unlimited cards, but
not individual rides, the 30-day unlimited Metrocards are no longer a cost-effective solution for many New Yorkers who use the subway solely for work. Starting Sunday, 30-day unlimited Metrocards will cost $81.
“We’re encouraging drivers to leave their cars at home and take subways and buses to work, but the MTA is erasing the incentives to do so. Let’s stop talking out of both sides of our mouths,” says Felder.
With an average of 21 work days in a 30 day period, it would cost riders $73.05 get the $84 worth of rides needed to make two trips each work day when the 15% bonus is factored in, nearly $8 less than the $81 it costs for a 30-day unlimited card. For outer-borough commuters
who do not use the subway on the weekends, it is more expensive to use the 30-day unlimited Metrocard.
“There is an implication by the MTA and an assumption by subway travelers that unlimited Metrocards are cheaper if you take the subway or bus to and from work every day,” adds Felder. “The implication has become dishonest and is now a distortion of the truth. Used merely to get to and from work every day, it’s cheaper to pay per ride.”
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buses use more gas and pollute more than small cars and not everyone wants to get inside a subway car at 12 at night
This is a very good idea.Keep up the good work
“With an average of 21 work days in a 30 day period, it would cost riders $73.05 get the $84 worth of rides needed to make two trips each work day when the 15% bonus is factored in, nearly $8 less than the $81 it costs for a 30-day unlimited card.”
you make absolutely no sense!!
ben1,
What Simcha is saying (in somewhat confusing language) is that an unlimited 30-day Metrocard cost $84, while the pay per ride card (used for 21 days a month, 2 rides a day) will cost only $73.05 a month (after you calculate the 15% discount the pay per ride come with if you buy a $10 or more card.)
joseph, don’t confuse confusing with incoherent. if i were to take out the time to figure out what the paragraph means i would most probably be able to decipher it…and i appreciate your help in decoding it’s meaning for me. but this is supposed to be a news forum, not a trivia forum. it is very disheartening time and time again to see such bad writing by a reporter. that paragraph was not a quote from simcha but rather a news report written by the yw editor. not to say that i would trust the yw’s editor to adhere to professionalism in placing quotation marks around his or her sentences (and if you’d like some examples i’d be glad to provide them). i’m only making a point that, although the news item in yw are interesting for me and i therefore come back often to see what is happening, i am frustrated to see such a low level of writing and professionalism. it seems to me that the yw editor needs his own editor, and more importantly, the readership might want to start asking for better written articles. there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be able to write with proper english and not in a fashion that would flunk 9th grade composition.
Editors Response: Actually, your city council member needs an editor! This was a press release written by his staff. Thanks for the trashing.