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Posted on December 21, 2011 by Admin
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Residents and tourists alike use New York City’s vast public transportation system because it is usually the easiest and most economical way of getting around. Everybody these days must use a MetroCard in order to pay the fare to ride the subway or buses. Not surprisingly, there are many different kinds of MetroCards to purchase and sometimes the one that seems the best choice isn’t always so.

There used to be ads in the subway touting how much you would pay per ride if you bought certain unlimited MetroCards (cards with a fixed price and an unlimited amount of rides), depending on how much you used them, the cheaper the price. Sure the math worked out but somehow the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) didn't tell you the whole story about how to really get the cheapest ride. Here's a quick lesson:

Weekly Unlimited Card

The $24 unlimited seven-day MetroCard is only a good deal for those who will use the card more than three times a day for all seven days, most likely tourists. The unlimited card starts the first time you swipe it through the turnstile, so if you start it on a Monday, it will be good through the following Sunday. The normal price of a ride is $2, so you would have to use this card 15 times to get the most economical use out of it. That would average two times per day for six days and three times on the seventh day. Of course if you use it more than two times per day then it becomes even more economical.