InsideTransit

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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If you are planning to visit Tokyo and ride the subway there, below is a quick video on how to purchase a subway ticket. Some of the machines will allow you to switch to English but the machine is very easy to use. Just put in your bills (in Yen), select the price for the metro ticket you need and it will print below plus return any change.

Here are a couple videos that will help you with your purchase. Apparently if you select English, the machine announces that you have selected English.

StationStops first launched their iPhone app last October in the iPhone App Store. The app costs $1.99 and is a simple timetable for the Metro North RailRoad in NYC. You can easily find out what time the next train will be arriving at your station. It’s an easy way to maximize your time at a location because you will know exactly what the train schedule is for that station and you can adjust accordingly. The app also displays the fares for the specific train.

Creator Chris notes, “when I first started riding Metro-North, I was surprised at how awkward it was to get access to the schedule wherever you were at the time – which all too commonly was on a train, on the subway, or otherwise underground.”

What’s neat is that the schedules are downloaded to the iPhone so you don’t need to access the Internet to use the application.