NYC Subway Fare over last 120 years adjusted for inflationUser-no-relation t1_jcn5qgt wrote
Reply to comment by edman007 in NYC Subway Fare over last 120 years adjusted for inflation by dust1990
The graph is inflation adjusted
edman007 t1_jcn7paq wrote
Yes, it's inflation adjusted. But it's the cost to ride, not the per customer cost to operate. It's missing the second graph, the subsides provided by the government.
They were 0 when it started. It's absolutely not anymore. The MTA says fares only make up 23% of their budget. So MTA wide, the cost per ride is $11.96.
That $1.75 at the start was more than the cost per ride (since they were private companies with some amount of profit). The $2.75 for today is a tiny fraction of the cost.
lilBob1989 t1_jcnzgid wrote
Huh interestingly that is a lot closer to true average price on london tube
woodcider t1_jco3tbk wrote
We complain but a flat fare is such a good thing for commuters.
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