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Re: Metrocard Gripe

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From: Jason Mayfield
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 1996 00:00
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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.

--
Jason Mayfield
Arlington, VA
http://dufus.westga.edu/~zooropa
83 Days Until Ironman Canada
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Subject: Re: Metrocard Gripe
Date: 1996/06/02
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