The new NYC MTA Chairman, Jay H. Walder, is considering looking at off-peak pricing for public transportation in NYC. The off-peak pricing is already in place in London where Walder formerly ran the system.
I can’t decide if I am a fan of off-peak pricing. While some I spoke with today believe it will increase usage which will make up for the lower price overall, I am not sure that more people will use the system. If you need to use transit, you do. If you don’t, you won’t. A 25 or 50 cent discount is not going ot make people run out and take transit when they have no reason to be going somewhere.
If they increased service on buses and trains on the weekend, then we would have something to talk about.
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