Better late night public transportation could be an outcome out of all the attention on club kids getting drunk and killed. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn invited the MTA and NJ Transit for a Nightlife Safety Summit.
Which reminds me of a fantastic idea MTA board member Andrew Albert had last year -- free subway rides on New Year’s Eve. Unfortunately, his idea got lost with all the labor troubles during the season.
Perhaps, now is a decent time to bring it up again. There won’t be any holiday fare discounts and free New Year’s rides will be a great, cheap public service.
-- Chuck Bennett amNY.com
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Free rides on New Year's is a stupid idea. There is no data to indicate that tourists and people out partying will use the subway more if it's free late night. The reason people don't use it is because service is very infrequent. If service frequency is increased to mid-day or rush hour levels, then customers should absolutely pay full fare to account for the extensive overtime being paid to the subway operators. Is there any data showing that a subway platform is a safer place to be then inside a cab?