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John Whiteside wrote:
> 
> Jason R. Decesare (fl774@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:
> : And what I hate almost as much as that is that they don't take/give Susan B.
> : Anthony (SBA) dollar coins. Sure we all hate them when we buy a $5.00
> : Metro-North ticket out of a machine with a $20, but you sure miss the bloody
> : things when you get lots of quarters out of a DC Metro Farecard machine.
> 
> Well, if we would just get rid of those foolish dollar bills, we'd be all
> set...
> 
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> John Whiteside  | Last Days in Boston's South End
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I can't believe you suggested that, but forget it.  I travel all over 
the place (for personally enjoyment, mostly) and use the PATH to get to 
Newark Penn or Hoboken for NJT trains.  The PATH turnstiles accept 
quarters, dollar bills, dollar coins, and 5-dollar bills.  If you pay 
with a 5, you get 4 SBA's, and the coin turnstiles are a lot quicker.  
But the Mayor wants the MTA to take over path, so the fare would likely 
go to $1.50, just like the rest of the subway.  I hope that if this 
plan goes through, there would be free transfers to and from PATH and 
NYCTA systems.  Already, If I'm going from the village to midtown, I use 
PATH because it's cheaper, and generally a lot cleaner.

-duc|<