Riders struggling in the pandemic say the free bus trips have eased their financial burdens.
"The fact is we do not operate a free service as much as we may want to and we cant afford to lose out on these revenues at this moment," Sarah Feinberg, the interim president of NYC Transit, said. The MTA estimates it would have collected $159 million had all bus riders been paying their way during the pandemic - a big sum but a fraction of the billions of dollars in red ink caused by plunging subway ridership.
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The MTA is bringing front-door boarding back now that buses are getting sliding plexiglass panels and curtains to better protect drivers from sick passengers. Because the fare box is by the front door, the MTA decided to do away with fare payment, too. The back-door boarding began in March as a way to protect drivers from being exposed to the coronavirus. "It does help that since a lot of people are not working, that we don't really have to pay for it like that," he said. The free rides have been a boon to Munir Chapman, who worked jobs at Madison Square Garden and Citi Field until the coronavirus pandemic hit. The MTA would have collected $159 million from bus riders if they had collected the fare.The MTA put rear-door only boarding in place in March to protect bus drivers during the coronavirus pandemic.31 will require riders to enter buses from the front door and pay the fare
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