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Re: Intermediate Station Fare Payment on SIRT (was:Re: Scrap pecking order with R44-SI) |
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Posted by tydev417 on Sun Sep 3 21:23:03 2006, in response to 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. 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.IAWTP, I live on the North Shore where buses are dominant and I could really give a rats ass if they put a fare on the SIR, it's just the fact that most people complaining about these concessions are currently living outside the borough and only visualize it as an unjustified act by the MTA and city when it's just a matter of ridership and money. And just tell some of you, I would prefer if you stop assuming that everybody who rides the SIR takes a bus beforehand. Some do actually walk or drive to the SIR where they take a bus/subway in the city afterwards which would be no different than your average transfer. |
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