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MTA CEO Elliot Sander said at today's board meeting that the number of people expected to ride the subway outside of the rush hour on a discounted fare is in the "smaller digits."
The MTA proposed two fare hike scenarios earlier this week, including one that offers $1.50 fare to straphangers who ride outside of the peak hours. The agency hopes the incentive will coax people into trains a little before or after the peak, freeing up room on the most crowded train lines.
Preliminary estimates show that the percentage of people who choose to get to work earlier or later (and less expensively) will be in the single digits. He didn't release exact numbers, but said that even a small amount of relief makes an impact.
"Even in the smaller digits, it’s meaningful when you talk about the Lexington Avenue line," Sander told reporters.