NYC Subway Fare over last 120 years adjusted for inflationManhattanRailfan t1_jcm42jh wrote
Reply to comment by dust1990 in NYC Subway Fare over last 120 years adjusted for inflation by dust1990
To caveat, however, there have been several times when there has been a bonus on the fare. Up until a couple years ago, you used to get an extra 5% when you put money on your metrocard, so the fare has essentially gone up more recently than that. The cost of unlimited metrocards and MNR/LIRR fares also increased.
dust1990 OP t1_jcm5d6v wrote
True this doesn’t factor the bonus which recently went away. This plots the base fare only. Do you know where I might find info on the bonus history? Regardless I doubt it would make much difference.
Edit: thanks everyone. I’ll try to add this to see if it makes a material difference.
colonelcasey22 t1_jcm8t8f wrote
Looks like the history of the MetroCard bonuses of it can be extracted here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetroCard
Doubt it's ever coming back with OMNY in effect and fewer people pre-loading amounts to a card.
Pennwisedom t1_jcnn150 wrote
> ewer people pre-loading amounts to a card.
It's a chicken and the egg problem in this case really. I stopped pre-loading my card because the bonus went away.
WikiSummarizerBot t1_jcm8uuf wrote
>The MetroCard is a magnetic stripe card used for fare payment on transportation in the New York City area. It is a payment method for the New York City Subway (including the Staten Island Railway), New York City Transit buses and MTA buses. The MetroCard is also accepted by several partner agencies: Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE), the PATH train system, the Roosevelt Island Tramway, AirTrain JFK, and Westchester County's Bee-Line Bus System. The MetroCard was introduced in 1993 to enhance the technology of the transit system and eliminate the burden of carrying and collecting tokens.
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ManhattanRailfan t1_jcm9g19 wrote
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetroCard under history. It actually would make a decent dent. At one point, the bonus was 20%.
doodle77 t1_jcprlar wrote
Also the unlimited MetroCard.
The MTA reports the average fare paid per ride in it's annual reports. In 2019 it was $2.10, and it increased significantly in the pandemic as commutation ridership dropped.
damnatio_memoriae t1_jcnryvr wrote
used to be a whopping 20%. when they dropped it to 15% it was a big deal.
mowotlarx t1_jcosuop wrote
I miss the bonus.
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