Fare Hike
Huge Fare Increases For Express Bus & Access-A-Ride Riders?
The countdown to what is billed as a doomsday scenario will reach 00:00 when the MTA Board is presented with budget proposals to help trim an over $1 billion dollar budget deficit. The New York Daily News has been leaking some of the potential proposals over the last few days & that trend continued with […]
MTA Might Look To Increase Fare & Toll Revenue By 23%
Will the W seen here departing the 36th Ave station on its way to Astoria-Ditmars Blvd turn into a thing of the past? Resized photo courtesy of Eye On Transit. Yesterday afternoon I wrote about the huge service cuts bombshell provided by New York Daily News reporter Pete Donohue. The bombshell included specific details of […]
MTA Financial Contingency Plan Could Turn Hypothetical Service Cuts Into Reality
We all know how the story has gone so far. For years the MTA’s path to financial ruin has been aided by bad decisions & public officials who felt properly funding the agency was not a priority. For years this road has been covered up by black ice due to a windfall of profit from […]
Political Group Wants Riders To Help Fight The Hike
When you pick up your Tuesday copy of the New York Daily News, you will see an article writing by Joseph Addabbo Jr. Mr. Addabbo along with his fellow Queens Councilman John Liu are part of the team which brings you the anti-fare hike site Fight The Hike 08. The group will unveil its plan […]
HaltTheHike.org Reopens
Lost in the shuffle of all the transit news was the official relaunch of the HaltTheHike.org website. The website is run by The Straphangers Campaign & The Working Families Party. The purpose of the site is to encourage riders to send e-mails through their form to both Mayor Bloomberg & Gov. Patterson urging why a […]
