14 DAY TRIAL // A total of 80,000 faulty subway maps printed for the residents in New York City must now be replaced, and by the looks of it, doing so will cost the MTA a whopping $250,000 (€192,213).
Information shared with the public says that the maps are no good not because of their misrepresenting the geography of this urban area, but because of a simple typo.
Long story short, the maps have the wrong fare printed on them (i.e. $4.50 instead of $5), which is why the NYC transit authority was left with no choice except stop its distribution and try to get back whatever maps had already been made available to the city's residents.
Following this mix-up, the MTA is quite hopeful that it will be able to roll out new (and accurate) maps as early as March 15.
According to The Vibe, one MTA station agent commented on this incident as follows:
“They weren’t coming out with a new map because they were changing the map. They were coming out with a new map because they were changing the price. That was the sole purpose. And they couldn’t even get that right.”