Comments on: MTA to ramp up fare enforcement on Select Bus Service lines http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/18/mta-to-ramp-up-fare-enforcement-on-select-bus-service-lines/ A New York City Subway Blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:09:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Lex http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/18/mta-to-ramp-up-fare-enforcement-on-select-bus-service-lines/#comment-39961 Lex Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:34:20 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1011#comment-39961 I've had the ..pleasure of taking this bus a few times and was wondering when they would 1: inspect these little slips and 2: keep them so they aren't used on the return trip. Another thing is that when a passenger uses coins to get a receipt they don't get a transfer or maybe the driver can produce one? What should anger riders about this new "service" is that the wait for riders to get their fare into the machine hasn't changed. All of the driver's I've seen actually wait for the shelter to empty out before closing the doors. How is this any different than when the driver waits as we board the bus?! I’ve had the ..pleasure of taking this bus a few times and was wondering when they would 1: inspect these little slips and 2: keep them so they aren’t used on the return trip. Another thing is that when a passenger uses coins to get a receipt they don’t get a transfer or maybe the driver can produce one?

What should anger riders about this new “service” is that the wait for riders to get their fare into the machine hasn’t changed. All of the driver’s I’ve seen actually wait for the shelter to empty out before closing the doors. How is this any different than when the driver waits as we board the bus?!

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