Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] My reduced fare
Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 13:20:01 -0400
To:        <lpny_discuss@yahoogroups.com>
From:     Bob Armstrong <bob@cosy.com>
On Sat, 17 May 2003 11:22:31 -0400, Gary Popkin wrote:
>=A0I am 65 years old today and am entitled to a half-fare=
 Metrocard. =A0Is it
>=A0unlibertarian of me to accept it?

 You know the answer is no .  What difference does the business=
 model of
 the vendor make to the morality of your decision ? 

 When they raised the fare 33% to $2 , my immediate thought was ,=
 damn 
 you ought to be able to make money at $2 a ride .

 The MTA figures indicate that with current practices , average=
 actual fare
 is about $1.05 which has decreased from $1.36 before unlimited=
 ride MetroCards
 so break even would be about ~ $2.5 based on approximately=
 2,175,000,000 fares
 per year .  ( see http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/pdf/2003app-c.pdf=
 )
 

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