Stories of NYC Transit oversights in the elimination of the transit token are popping up in different corners of the city’s transit system.

The Staten Island Railway, for instance, does not collect fares except from riders who travel to the St. George ferry terminal. They are the only city riders who pay when exiting. However, the station booth no longer sells single-ride cards and multi-denomination MetroCard machines are outside the turnstiles. Cash payments are on the rise, the opposite of what the MTA is trying to encourage.

City Access-a-Ride riders have been eliminated from the money-saving TransitChek program, because the vans take only cash or tokens. With the token’s demise, TransitChek users must use MetroCard, but that leaves Access-a-Ride out in the cold.

The MTA did announce last week that booth attendants will provide change for riders using Metrocard machines. Prior to the announcement, customers could only get up to $6 in change from machines, and attendants did not freely offer change.

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