Gothamist: 8 Month Postponement of Subway/Bus Fare Hike

Jersey City Mafia

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:26:22 -0500

I think the problem is unlimited metrocards. If they just got rid of unlimited metrocards then they would not be losing money.

Larry Littlefield

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:03:40 -0500

Are you all still here? Don't you know the political winner was to "save the fare" for 50 years, allowing the system to fall apart but allowing politicians to be temporarily popular? Now we have recovered, but only by never building new lines like the Second Avenue. And aren't you grateful that, adjusted for discounts, the fare was cut from 1995 to 2002, with additional money borrowed to make up the difference? The people who benefitted have left, and we are left with the consequences. Was that good? That why is it good now? The MTA has a "surplus." Then why is it issuing so many bonds?

Abooda

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:58:55 -0500

Biking in NYC is certainly dangerous. You might end up like that guy that got hit by a SUV then a BUS or the doctor who got hit by a tow truck. Then again riding the subway may not be much safer. You risk being power sawed or stabbed by crazy homeless people. Its a lose lose situation.

Nechama

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:30:20 -0500

Makes me happy I bike everywhere! I haven't ridden the subway in months. Oh yeah, and I lost 6 dress sizes without trying, and if I want to I eat ice cream for dinner. And I'm faster than the subway. Suckers!

Michael

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:17:08 -0500

I'm only for a tube-top penalty and a flip-flop tax for people with fat bellies and ugly feet, respectively. There needs to be some sort of fashion police to make this determination. Some townships in England want to ban men from being shirtless because fat shirtless men are less than appealing sights in shopping districts. Again, a bad idea. Shirtless David Beckham = good for shopping district. Shirtless "Fat Sal", not so much...

well

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:57:08 -0500

well, i'll see you a flip-flop tax and raise you a tube-top penalty. we had our intern wearing a tube-top sans bra today. people: it was not pretty.

Jonathan

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:50:17 -0500

I second the flip-flop tax. Disgusting.

stevano

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:37:32 -0500

Let's talk about both the MTA's fiscal mismanagement and how even though it's a state agency, it gets seriously underfunded by the state and now has a scary amount of indebtedness.

Jeebus

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:25:03 -0500

How about a tax on women who insist on wearing flipflops to work?

Toby

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:21:22 -0500

How about creating a congestion tax for Manhattan, as done in London. That could help fund the MTA.

dhex

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:06:59 -0500

"Public Transportation should be free. This is why we pay taxes." we pay taxes because if we do not people with guns will show up at our places of residence and attempt to take us into custody, and eventually toss us into a cage. furthermore, if we resist, they will shoot us. we pay taxes because the state thinks it owns us. unfortunately, they have far more weapons than we do, and most of our fellow citizens believe the state owns us as well. keep in mind this has fuckall to do with the MTA and it's gross misconduct, or the somewhat insane idea that somehow there's a way to create a free public transport system in nyc that's anywhere near the size and frequency of the current one.

amanda

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:06:09 -0500

Here's hoping they find a decent use for the extra money, rather than squandering it on some asinine "holiday discount" like last year.

nick

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:45:04 -0500

not stoked.

Ace

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:44:08 -0500

Public Transportation should be free. This is why we pay taxes.