People use it when they're going to make a lot of trips in a day, instead of buying a weekly or monthly pass.
Similarly, to come out ahead on a weekly pass, a Metrocard user would have to take 13 rides.
He added that the weekly passes would be attractive to people who could not afford to spend $63 at once on transit.
Is there a weekly pass or a special ticket for the elderly?
Four-day and weekly passes are available with discounts of 20 to 25 percent.
Seventy-five to 80 percent of the riders have monthly or weekly passes.
But the new weekly pass will cost $17.
You can get a weekly pass for the Meto for around 20€.
Transfers from buses, weekly and monthly passes are also accepted.
Those who buy a weekly pass that month will get a free round-trip ticket.