10 thoughts on “Bernie And The Subway”

  1. You purchase a MetroCard at a kiosk, using your credit card or cash. You put a fixed amount on it and ride until that’s used up, then go buy another. You slide it through a magnetic strip reader at the turn-style.

    I think most urban subways use cards now. Tokens are so pre-aughts.

    Dave

  2. Yeah last time I’ve seen in the subways here they have these automatic glass doors that only open if you put something in the reader. You can’t jump over. That’s something from an old movie from when I was a kid or whatever. It’s been like this for years.
    I don’t remember if they have tokens anymore or if you have to buy some card that you need to charge afterwards. Yeah I think you need to buy a card or own a card and charge it and that gets put into the reader.
    Haven’t needed to use in city public transport in a while. But its the most convenient way to go around the city if you don’t need to carry anything large and especially if you don’t have a parking space. Most European cities were not designed for car traffic.

  3. “Jump the turnstile.”

    That got a laugh out of me. That’s better than the Hildebeest.

  4. Obviously, you simply climb on the iron horse. The porter will load your luggage. Tip him a penny. You wait for the conductor to come by and punch your ticket.

    Sometimes you can shoot at buffalo you see out the window.

  5. In all due fairness to Sanders, though he’s from Brooklyn, he left when he was young, which would be before the NY subway began operation (1904).

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