AIT Offers New Yorkers Discounts and Free Subway Rides
'10.02.2022'
Public transport passengers are always happy to save money. The MTA is rolling out several new fare and discount packages for buses and metro. Officials want to encourage more passengers and offer some cost savings, reports PIX 11.
MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber says it promotes fairness and financial stability.
“The return of passengers to public transport depends on three variables: reliability, safety and price. We have made it a priority to be creative with tariffs,” Lieber said.
This is called a fare cap and uses technology from a "click to go" fare system called One Metro New York. Omny essentially becomes an unlimited weekly MetroCard after 12 taps. These clicks must be within the same seven-day period, which runs from Monday to Sunday. The program will begin on February 28, 2022.
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Discounts for LIRR and Metro-North are a new ticket for 20 trips. It is valid for 60 days and gives a 10% discount on monthly tickets.
A $5 city ticket will also be available for travel to off-peak areas on the LIRR or Metro-North lines.
All discounted rates for LIRR and Metro-North will be valid most of the day, except during peak hours.
The MTA will assess the impact on operations, customer experience, and toll revenue.
Additional changes and structures may be added after the review is completed.
The City Ticket is valid at the following LIRR stations: Atlantic Terminal, Auburndale, Bayside, Broadway, Douglaston, East New York, Flushing-Main Street, Forest Hills, Hollis, Jamaica, Kew Gardens, Laurelton, Little Neck, Locust Manor, Mets-Willets Point , Murray Hill, Nostrand Avenue, Penn Station, Queens Village, Rosedale, St. Albans and Woodside.
The City Ticket is valid at the following Metro-North stations: Botanical Garden, Fordham, Grand Central Terminal, Harlem-125th Street, Marble Hill, Melrose, Morris Heights, Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Tremont, University Heights, Wakefield, Williams Bridge, Woodlawn and Yankees -E. 153rd street.
