|
|
| Re: Intermediate Station Fare Payment on SIRT (was:Re: Scrap pecking order with R44-SI) (305927) | |||
 |
|||
| Home > SubChat | |||
|
[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ] |
|
||
|
Re: Intermediate Station Fare Payment on SIRT (was:Re: Scrap pecking order with R44-SI) |
|
|
Posted by Dan on Sun Sep 3 18:15:39 2006, in response to Re: Intermediate Station Fare Payment on SIRT (was:Re: Scrap pecking order with R44-SI), posted by AMoreira81 on Sun Sep 3 16:26:54 2006. SI Resident Verrazano Bridge E-Z Pass toll is $4.80 (a 46.6% discount). S.I. population in 2000 was 443,728 which is 5.5% (approx 1/18) of the NYC population.No elected official on staten Island demanded the free ferry or the 'free' SIR situation. The NYCDOT didn't want to install metrocard readers at the ferry terminals. The MTA supposedly didn't want to install weatherproof metrocard readers along the SIR. If both 'free' options were to disappear tommorow most Staten Islanders wouldn't give a damn. In fact I'd be in favor of it. I expect the SIR station to get the next generation RFID-type metrocard when it is implemented, same for the SI ferry. The VZB toll discount was fought for by all our elected officials. Staten Island is the only borough that motorists MUST pay a toll to reach another borough. And yes, I knew about the tolls when I moved here. |
|
|
|