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The numbers don't make sense to me. The NYC subway costs $2.25. Is this figure weighted to account for reduced fare users?

Similarly, the Muni in San Francisco is $2. BART is commuter rail, despite its name, so I don't think its fares should be counted as "subway" even though some of it is underground.

Finally, Tokyo has a zoned system, ranging from 130 yen for short JR trips to more than 1000 yen for Tokyo<->Chiba trips.

And none of this includes monthly passes, 10 ride discounts, or the MTA's 7% "bonus".



The $1.96 figure is presumably the pre-2011 effective fare counting the 15% bonus, i.e. $2.25/1.15.




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