[mrnyc]

even though i work all over over city, i don't take too many trips per day, so i eventually decided a monthly pass wasn't worth it for me. for past year or so i just top up in dollar amounts every week with the account card they give us. so my twice weekly pretax money is just building up in an account.

as for how they count the revenue and lost revenue, i dk for sure. i assume they keep some kind of count of riders and farebox money coming in daily and judge off that. that would include monthly pass holders automatic charges. i know thats about 40% of the budget for mta. unfortunately, you also have to consider tolls and taxes, which are are other major sources of money and are taking a swan dive as well. so probably some estimating losses in what we are hearing? just a guess tho.