The program is the same tickets for metro, buses and long Island railroad Freedom Ticket must be revised, says in his letter to the Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Joe Lhota a group of 8 officials.
According to the authors appeal to the head of the MTA, Freedom Ticket, which was created with the aim to optimize transport communication in the city, doomed to failure even before launch.
A long-awaited program provides to the residents of certain areas of Queens and Brooklyn , the opportunity to purchase single tickets or a weekly or monthly season tickets for travel on the long Island railroad, with connections to metro and buses. This should facilitate the movement through the city and save you the time passengers spend in queues for different tickets.
Cost Freedom Ticket will be more expensive than a MetroCard, but cheaper than a ticket on the long Island railroad and the whole complex of services MetroCard.
However, in terms of test programs to get to Manhattan, Queens residents will have to use Atlantic terminal, and it will significantly increase the time spent by them in transit.
According to officials, the original version Freedom Ticket allowed passengers from the Rosedale, Laurelton, Locus Manor, St. Albans, Hollis and Queens Village for $6,50 to get to Penn Street or the Atlantic terminal with one change on the metro or city bus.
«Freedom Ticket huge potential in order to help passengers faster and cheaper to get from Queens to Manhattan — said in the appeal to the head of the MTA. — But now, in a test run of the program in its current form, the passenger will have to pay $10,25 for travel in one direction to quickly take the train long Island railroad or the New York City Transit».
Lhota previously reported that the Freedom Ticket will be launched in 2018.
