[almostgotcaught]

Of course there are - an unlimited metro card is $132. the person you're responding to is nuts - no one that commutes from Bronx to downtown is paying per swipe.

[snake42]

OMNI caps it, so the most you can pay is $136 per month and that is the worst case scenario. I don't think a difference of $4 is nuts.

[etblg]

Also Metrocards are not going to be printed anymore, I'm assuming that includes the unlimited ones, probably just shifts over to OMNY.

[switch007]

A 4 zone monthly ticket in London is like $300 for comparison. 6 zones is $360!

[ta1243]

London is 3 times the size of Manhattan, Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn combined, and Zone 6 is even larger than that.

I assume an "unlimited metro card" also includes unlimited buses too?

[evanelias]

Yes, it includes local buses. It also includes the Staten Island Railway, so it doesn't make sense to exclude an entire NYC borough from land size comparisons.

[switch007]

I wasn't sure and hedged on a 4 zone.

A 2 zone is $220. I think in size that's roughly comparable?

And in my experience people who mostly take the tube rarely make use of buses. They'll walk or take the tube

[precommunicator]

So assuming two rides in each working day that's still $6.42 per day

[evanelias]

That's a bad assumption, since NYC residents tend to use the subway for non-work-related travel as well.

[ceejayoz]

Assuming you don't take any non-work rides, ever.

[almostgotcaught]

As mentioned, you hop on a train to do anything/everything. In a single weekend you might take 10 rides.

Edit: well if you live in a part of the city that has good coverage - up in the Bronx it's not so great naturally so I wouldn't be surprised if those people didn't get as much value out of a monthly card.

[bobthepanda]

But those people can still use local buses to get around on the exact same pass. So they could feasibly hit the cap anyways.

[almostgotcaught]

true!