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Similarly, fare evasion was taken seriously. The TA began formally measuring evasion in November 1988. When TA's Fare Abuse Task Force (FATF) was convened in January 1989, evasion was 3.9%. After a 15-cent fare increase to $1.15 in August 1990, a record 231,937 people per day, or 6.9%, did not pay. This continued through 1991. [151]
In 2013, the NICE bus system obtained a "windfall" from increased New York State aid of $5 million and $3 million from a fare increase for MetroCard bus riders. [60] In March 2014, the NICE bus system faced another $3.3 million budget deficit. [60] At that time, the bus system expected an additional $1.2 million in state aid. [60]
[124] [125] In 1993, MTA started testing the MetroCard, a magnetic stripe card that would replace the tokens used to pay fares. [126] By 1997, the entire bus and subway system accepted MetroCard, [127] and tokens were no longer accepted for fare payment in 2003. [124] [125] A different fare payment system is used on the LIRR and Metro-North.
New York City's cab drivers want to charge passengers a small additional fee to cover the rising price of fuel even though regulators have rejected such efforts in the past. Cities such as Chicago ...
Starting in 1992, MetroCards made by Cubic Transportation Systems replaced the subway tokens that had been used as the subway's form of fare payment from the 1950s on; by 2003, the MetroCard was the exclusive method of fare payment systemwide. [166] Since then, there have been programs to replace the MetroCard itself.
The unidirectional fare, payable with MetroCard or OMNY, a contactless payment system, is $7. Discount fare media is available. Except for the ad-hoc X80 service, coins are not accepted on express buses. Express buses operate using over-the-road diesel-powered, 45-ft-long coaches, from Motor Coach Industries and Prevost Car.
American Airlines American Airlines withdrew its latest attempt to raise fares after none of its competitors matched a $10 hike in domestic ticket prices launched by the carrier late.
Pre-loaded SmartLink cards with 10 trips are available at all stations for $31.00 (10 trips at $2.60 each, plus a $5.00 card fee). However, MetroCard Vending Machines (MVMs) at all PATH stations are able to refill the SmartLink cards to a monetary amount equal to 1, 2, 4, 10, 20 and 40 trips as well as the daily or 30 day unlimited passes.