New York Subways
...anged. The fare change was being put into effect by the engineers using the computer. The mechanics had to reconfigure turnstiles across the city to accept new tokens. From the night of 26th to the next Tuesday’s morning, workers staffed a 24-hour command center that monitored the vending machines and other devices. Daniel R. Rodriguez said: “The agency’s accounting and internal reporting systems all need to be adjusted to record the revenues from the new fares.” Many riders were not satisfied to the fare increase. Some thought that the increase was too quickly, raising the cost of the subway was awful. Some said that “With the monthly, you can save a little bit, but even that’s becoming less. The rates are increasing way too often.” Another person recognized that the subway was a monopoly; people had no way to really to stop the increasing. Even though many people were against the fare increase, some people thought that the fare increase was an indication of the transportation authority’s problems: “The state should contribute money. It’s crucial to have additional government funding for mass transit. It’s important that working people not be stretched beyond the limit of what they can afford.” In my opinion, I don’t agree to ...