Fare Hike
Upcoming MTA Chairman Hesitant To Support Fare Hike
Add H. Dale Hemmerdinger to the list of influential people who do not support the MTA’s proposed fare hike! Who is he you ask? Well he is Gov. Elliot Spitzer’s appointee to replace Peter Kalikow as MTA Chairman. Here are some comments that he said at his recent confirmation in front of a state senate […]
Lawmakers Give The MTA A Piece Of Their Mind…
This past Tuesday a city-state coalition took to the steps of City Hall to announce their “Stop The Fare Hike Campaign”. The coalition includes 22 Democrats from the New York State Assembly along with such groups as: Disabled Riders Coalition, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, The Straphangers Campaign Transportation Alternatives, Tri-State Transportation Campaign Vision […]
$1.50 Off Peak Fare A Sham?
This might be the case according to Daily News transit reporter Pete Donohue who wrote an article about it yesterday. It seems the press release about the 8 public hearings contained comments about the proposed fare hike. What caught Pete’s attention was the New York City Transit version of the fare hike poster that came […]
LIRR Politicians Urge MTA To Reconsider A Fare Hike….
(LIRR train pulling into Woodside Station; resized photo courtesy of Eye On Transit Today’s edition of the New York Newsday has an article about 8 Long Island state senators who contacted the MTA. All 8 of Long Island’s Republican state senators sent a letter to the MTA Chairman asking him to reconsider the proposed fare […]
Speaking Of Numbers…..
Monday’s edition of the New York Post featured an article about the two proposed fare hikes. The article had a catchy title which was “MTA WON’T TREAT ALL RIDERS FARE-LY.” The article broke down how the two tiered fare hike proposal would not be fair to all riders. However the biggest hit of the article […]
