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Re: A PARK??? Re: Budget Concerns Threaten To Derail Fulton Transit Hub |
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Posted by The Port of Authority on Fri Feb 1 02:56:51 2008, in response to Re: A PARK??? Re: Budget Concerns Threaten To Derail Fulton Transit Hub, posted by RonInBayside on Fri Feb 1 02:19:02 2008. I use the Bergen Street station (F/G) quite regularly when I'm at home. The closest entrance to my house is at Warren and Smith, where there's one standard MVM and one smaller credit-only MVM (the token booth was removed long ago.)Swipers used to frequent this entrance, and jam the machines, but that all stopped quite suddenly about 2 or 3 years ago when roving police officers began patrolling throughout the station quite frequently. However, the MVM failure rate is at about the same level as it was when the swipers were there a while ago. Usually, the MVM is full and doesn't accept cash, which was the same error that the MVM reported during the swiper era. A postscript: when both MVMs are in service, I often have to wait for several people to make cash transactions at the MVM to purchase a MetroCard with cash, while the credit-only machine goes largely unnoticed. People may use the credit-only machines throughout the system, but a significant percentage of riders still buys MetroCards with cash. |
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