Fare Hike
MTA Executive Urges Riders To Protest Fare Hike Plan
An interesting article appeared in today’s New York Daily News. The piece was my transit reporter Pete Donohue & it talked about a request from a MTA Executive. The executive, MTA director of government affairs Hilary Ring asked the riding public to share their frustrations for proposed fare hikes when public hearings start in January. […]
NYC Comptroller Proposes Plan To Help The MTA
Yesterday afternoon New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. held a press conference outside of Grand Central Terminal. During the press conference he proposed an idea to help the MTA raise money. The proposal calls for raising the automobile registration fees of drivers who reside in the 12 counties that the MTA serves. According […]
Riders Comment On Possible Route Eliminations
If you have not been in a cave over the last few days, you have read or heard many details of the proposed 2009 MTA Budget. The proposal calls for massive fare hikes greater than originally anticipated along with service cuts across the board, some which would include the elimination of some bus routes. In […]
Specific Details Of The Proposed Fare Increases & Service Cuts
In the entry just below this one, I wrote my feelings on the entire MTA Board meeting & subsequent media session. While I was writing that entry, the MTA issued a press release via e-mail with more specific details which I posted some of. Here is the complete release: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today […]
MTA Lays Out The Pain We Might Soon Embrace
The day has finally arrived in which the MTA Board would be presented with budget proposals to help trim an over $1 billion dollar budget deficit. These proposals included an even bigger fare increase then originally planned along with job losses & service cuts. Details of these proposals began to leak over the last few […]
