The story of the "$250,000 subway typo" may have been a tad exaggerated, an MTA spokesman told The Huffington Post.
On Sunday, the New York Post reported that the MTA had thrown out about $250,000 worth of subway maps because of a fare-related typographical error. By Monday morning, the story had gone viral.
According to the tabloid, a March 2013 commuter map printed by the MTA had to be scrapped after an outdated fare was discovered. A photograph of the misprinted map shows that the map wrongly listed the minimum price for a pay-per-ride card as $4.50. It is now $5.
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