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Do commuters think the LIRR is on the right track?
by Linda Delmonico Prussen
A variety of commuter complaints were
discussed at an open forum held by
Legislator Dave Denenberg at the
Freeport Memorial Library last week.
The forum covered issues affecting
:ommuters on the Babylon Branch of the
Long Island Rail Road.
On hand to address commuter concerns
was Patrick Gerakaris, branch line man-ager,
South Nassau District, and Robert
Brennan, Director of Government and
Community Affairs for the LIRR.
Penalty fees questioned
Ironically, earlier in the day the railroad
sxperienced problems with its ticket
machines at various stations, causing
commuters to have to buy tickets on the
Tain and pay the penalty fine for not pur-chasing
tickets before boarding.
A Bellmore commuter asked if the rail-road
was aware of the problem, and offi-cials
say they were, and able to put a mes-sage
regarding the issue on the stations'
electronic monitors, which they did, why
were commuters still charged the higher
rate on the train? Mr. Brennan said, "In a
perfect world no one would be charged
the higher rate."
While commuters can receive a
refund on the overpayment, the onus is
put on them to fill out a form on their
ticket and mail it in. Mr. Gerakaris
admitted, "It is an inconvenience, but
some of these things are out of our con-trol."
When pressed as to why, if the
railroad knew there was a problem, con-ductors
weren't instructed to simply
charge passengers the regular fee with-out
the penalty, he replied, "It's a level
of internal controls we have to enforce."
He said as the outage was intermittent
"We have to ensure the machine is not
working." He said this was done by inves-tigating
each overpayment claim
received, checking the time and the
machine in the system to see that there
was actually an equipment failure. He
added, "We try to be as customer service-focused
as possible."
One commuter suggested that penal-ty
fees be eliminated on weekends
when less seasoned commuters take the
train into the city with their families.
He said doing so would increase rider-ship
and encourage people to leave
their cars at home.
Expiration dates
A commuter asked if the MTA had any
plans to return to six-month expiration
dates on tickets instead of the current two-week
"good for" period. Mr. Brennan
said while the MTA has no plans to return
to the longer period, legislation in Albany
was in the works to do just that. At least
for now, that won't be happening, as the
bill has some legal language issues and
the legislative session ended June 21.
Parking problems
It's no secret that trying to get a spot at
the Merrick or Bellmore train station dur-ing
a normal workday is a challenge.
Claudia Borecky, president of the North
and Central Merrick Civic Association,
has been trying to get permit parking for
residents. She asked if there was any
headway made on her attempts, but was
told there had been no new movement on
the issue. (continued on page 3)
! NAMES MAKE THE NEWS: Read about your neighbors! 556 local people's names were in your community newspaper this: past week. Maybe yours is in this week! See inside.
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| Title | 2012-06-28 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
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| Date | 2012 |
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