{"id":720,"date":"2013-04-25T06:15:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T13:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/?p=720"},"modified":"2013-04-25T06:15:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T13:15:22","slug":"today-in-concession-fares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/2013\/04\/today-in-concession-fares\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in concession fares"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"what<\/a>Laura Pedersen of the New York Times<\/em> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A packed crosstown 86th Street bus going west.<\/p>\n

A man and a child who looks to be about 4 are sitting side by side.<\/p>\n

A large older woman seated nearby belligerently says, \u201cYou didn\u2019t have to pay for that child, so you must hold it on your lap.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man politely replies, \u201cYou paid only a senior half fare, so you can only use half a seat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conversation over.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A large older woman seated nearby belligerently says, \u201cYou didn\u2019t have to pay for that child, so you must hold it on your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issues","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3dIW5-bC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":725,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/2013\/04\/strategic-gaps-in-the-paywall\/","url_meta":{"origin":720,"position":0},"title":"Strategic gaps in the paywall","author":"Michael Rushton","date":"April 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"At Slate, Matt Yglesias reports that advertising revenues are down, but subscription revenues are up, at the New York Times: I've been skeptical about digital subscription models for a long time, but I'm turning into a believer. 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