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In article <4ot197$r3c@news2.cais.com>,
Jason Mayfield <triathln@cais2.cais.com> wrote:
]Manoj  Nair (mqn0019@is4.nyu.edu) wrote:
]
]: People keep mentioning this fact about the Metro ... When I was in DC for
]: Clinton's inaugaration in 1992, the Metro only cost me (and my companions)
]: $.50, no matter where we went ... was that a one-day thing for all the
]: tourists or was the fare policy changed since then?
]
]50 cents?  That's wishful thinking.  I've lived here since 1990, and even
]then I think minimum fare was 85 or 90 cents.  It's $1.10 now, and it
]doesn't get any cheaper...ever.  I have *no idea* how you got 50 cents,
]but it must have been some package deal or something.

not wishful thinking; special occasion, although i think they have the amount
off a bit.  :)  many times on special occasions (inaugurations, july 4th,
etc.) when they expect _unusually heavy_ metro usage, they will simply have
set fares (i think it's usually $1 ) to enter, ride wherever you want.  this
is because their farecard machines and gates simply cannot handle the huge
volume on such days (i.e., you don't buy a farecard, you just give the nice
person at the gate $1.)

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