New York City accidentally distributes typo-laden Subway map, will cost $250K to fix

[Initech]

$250,000 subway typo: 80,000 maps with typos distributed

A $250,000 subway typo is causing some major issues for the New York transit authority today. On March 9, the New York Post reported that brand new signs had to be taken down and thrown away after someone realized that the fare amounts on them were incorrect. This is costing a lot of money for the MTA and it caused major mayhem this week when workers were urgently ordered to stop distributing the maps.

"They’re very embarrassed about this. They were frantically calling the booths trying to get these maps back," a transit source said. Apparently the Transit Workers Union Local 100 made the mistake, and printed over 80,000 maps with the wrong information on them.

The $250,000 subway typo won't be rectified until later this week. According to the report, new maps won't be distributed until March 15. Many people have the maps containing the wrong information and they may get a surprise when they learn that the fares listed are incorrect. Most of the people involved are not happy with the mix up.

http://www.examiner.com/article/250-000-subway-typo

Really, you'd think they would have spell checked that.

[Curmudgeoness]

1. So many questions, no answers.

The article did not show me what the exact "typo" was....just referenced that there was a change in the fare.

Also, they say that the Transit Workers Union made the mistake, but I have never heard of a union being responsible for printing new maps for a transit authority....so is this really true? A union normally would not be the party responsible for designing or changing or printing maps.

I am more confused than before I read the article.

[Sanity Claws]

2. The fares just went up last week

Sounds like the department in charge of the maps remained blissfully unaware that the fares were going up. People in that department must not take the subway.