fare hike
MTA Fare Hike
The MTA ONCE AGAIN wants to hike our fares even as service gets worse. I can't believe how bad the F line has become. It should be the quickest way I can take to pick up my son at day care. It has so many major delays and snags that I have almost given up on it.
ONCE AGAIN, the MTA wants to raise our fares.
When I was in Los Angeles, I noticed that bus fares (I have never taken the tiny subway in LA) were about the same as they were when I left LA more than 10 years ago.
In NYC this will be, I think, the third (?) fare hike since I moved here.
Where does the money go? Does the MTA still illegally keep two sets of books, one to brag about and one to use to convince people they have to pay more, more, more?
Here is the Straphangers Campaign's statement on the proposed fare hike:
Here are some questions that New Yorkers should be asking about a possible fare hike in the months to come:
Do the financial numbers show the MTA facing a serious budget deficit in 2008 and beyond?
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