What will be the fare for Select Bus Service? How will fares be collected?
The fare will be same as for subway and local bus service. On Fordham Road-Pelham Parkway, First and Second Avenues and 34th Street Select Bus Service, fares are being collected in a new manner. Customers pay their fare prior to boarding at machines which will be at every Select Bus Service stop. One can pay by MetroCard or coin. Customers will be issued a proof-of-payment receipt which they must hold during their trip to show to an inspector who may be riding the bus or at a bus stop. All transfers will work the same way they do today. Only customers who pay with coins and need a transfer will need to enter through the front door to ask the bus operator for a transfer. Otherwise, customers may board the bus through any door. There is no need to show anything to the bus driver. Just keep the receipt that was issued by the machine.
