[Olog-hai]

It’s not an unstaffed station; just an unstaffed entrance, at 181^st Street. There was a staffed entrance three blocks north, at 184^th Street. If there’s anything the NYC subway would not have, it would be unstaffed stations, which is remarkable for such a large system and equally remarkable for having used the Metrocard for as long as it has. I don’t have the same kind of experience with the MBTA to compare, honestly.

[SamAdams76]

It’s not an unstaffed station; just an unstaffed entrance, at 181st Street. There was a staffed entrance three blocks north, at 184th Street.

So people are expected to know that and then trudge back up the stairs/escalator and walk three blocks uptown just so they can pay their fare? I've been to Manhattan often enough to know that those blocks are l-o-n-g.

If the NYC subway system really wants to save money on fare collectors, just do what the toll roads are doing and issue passengers those E-Z passes in the form of proximity HID cards. Just slip one of those into your wallet and the turnstiles will let you through as soon as you come up to them.

[eclecticEel]

It’s not an unstaffed station; just an unstaffed entrance, at 181st Street. There was a staffed entrance three blocks north, at 184th Street.

So ... you expect an elderly woman to walk three city blocks just so that the MTA can get their buck? Yeah, I know the guy's a democrat and if you crossed one of his sacred cows he wouldn't show the slightest compassion to your situation - but we should be a little bit less petty then that.