Re: Metrocard Gripe

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From: Geoffrey Green
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 1996 00:00

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In article <4osu06$kbm@news.nyu.edu>, mqn0019@is4.nyu.edu (Manoj  Nair) wrote:

>:        I agree with you, but I think you missed the most important advantage
>: we have in NYC :P  $1.50, and you can ride the trains anywhere, anytime, for
>: any distance.  Those $3 one-way trips on the DC metro didn't endear me to the
>: city :P
>
>People keep mentioning this fact about the Metro ... When I was in DC for
>Clinton's inaugaration in 1992, the Metro only cost me (and my companions)
>$.50, no matter where we went ... was that a one-day thing for all the
>tourists or was the fare policy changed since then?

Must have been a one-day thing. I was in town that day two, but I don't
remember what the fares were.

Metro fares are distance-based and also vary according to the time you
travel (peak/non-peak).

 - geoff

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From: gfg0877@is4.nyu.edu (Geoffrey Green)
Subject: Re: Metrocard Gripe
Date: 1996/06/02
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