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Yesterday, MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow revealed the 2007 $10 billion MTA budget, confirming that there will be no fare hikes in 2007 and 2009. But some transit advocates think that Kalikow's strategy of implementing hikes every other year (one is expected in 2008) is just delaying the inevitable given the crippling deficits expected. Beverly Dolinsky of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA told the Post, "[Kalikow is] putting it in the lap of the next administration. I don't know how they can say there aren't going to be any fare increases." All Gothamist wants for the holidays is a cage match between Kalikow and Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer over the state of the MTA.
The MTA also mentioned some other initiatives. The MTA will make sure the L will run more frequently during rush hour and extend the G's service to five more stops along the F line. Maintenance wise, the agency will replace scratchiti-scarred windows, and, thanks to the sale of Stuyvesant Town to Tishman-Speyer, the MTA can afford to paint 200 of its 468 stations! Also, the MTA will attempt to get one-person train operation on the J, 7 M & N lines. Kalikow did complain about people misusing emergency exits, causing wear-and-tear. Oh, Chairman Kalikow, tell it to the dude Gothamist saw this morning with the double-wide stroller and crying kids misusing the emergency exit.
Remember how Kalikow spent a $50 million surplus last year - on holiday fares!
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that holiday fares thing still boggles my mind. people would much rather see capital and service improvements than get a holiday fare. and it's not like new people were brought to the system or public opinion would be swayed. people are going to use the subway period. in terms of attracting people to the mta, at best, it got some cheap curmudgeon who walks the 10 blocks every day to take the subway for that month cause it was cheaper.
I don't understand this line item thing about how due to a real estate deal they can now afford to paint 200 stations? What's the cause and effect there? Doesn't all incoming money go into the general pot? No comprendo!
So, Mr. Kalikow, if I have a bike, or a stroller, or luggage, or am disabled, tell me how I'm supposed to exit through the turnstyle instead of the "Emergency Exits".
Don3838, I'm with you, but the MTA never quite makes much sense.
The $50M giveaway last year was ridiculous corporate waste. The greatest beneficiaries were the tourists!
MTA dudes with clipboards and stopwatches at the Greenpoint Ave. G stop this morning. Check.
The holiday fare thing is stupid because most riders already have their monthly unlimited metrocard. It pisses me off that they do this. People coming from Connecticut to see the tree at Rockefeller Center aren't who the MTA should be concerned about.
The war on scratchiti is one war worth fighting.
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the article says the 52 million from stuy town will paint 200 stations... that's $260,000 per station. considering most stations are heavily tiled, this seems like a lot to paint a bunch of poles.
The G is such a stupid train. It's never running in Queens on the weekends.
the only thing running in Queens on the weekends are strip club patrons running from the cops.