Mobilizing the Region
Issue 276July 3, 2000


Yearly MetroCard: Toward Insurable Fares ?

The annual "Premium MetroCard" under development to permit New York City to extend TransitChek taxable transit commuting benefits to city workers, may be a strong step toward a fare card that could be insured against loss or theft. The card's serial number would presumably be assigned to a specific user, who could have the card neutralized and replaced by the MTA in the case of its loss.

TransitCenter, the group set up by the region's transit agencies to market the TransitChek program, has announced it would offer the annual MetroCard to employees of companies other than city government that are participating in the TransitChek program, which reduces the cost of mass transit commuting.

The MTA has not been responsive to previous suggestions that it allow 30-day MetroCards to be insured against theft or loss.




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