Bloomberg: Expect Bigger Fare Hikes, More Service Cuts

Didn't they just make a big thing about the $2.1 Billion 7-Line extension the other day, with Bloomberg all excited about it?

I understand if MTA is in the hole and we need to pay a little more, but doesn't it seem like a waste to spend all that money adding two stops to the 7 when (on paper) that money could cover the $400 Million budget gap five times over?

MTA employees are eating the MTA from the inside out with their salaries and pension. Of the top five highest paid employees, TWO of them are car repairmen. One made $283,000 in 2008. That’s only $7,000 less than the HEAD of the MTA. Another car repairman made $275,000. They both have base salaries of $63,000. Are there even enough hours in a year to make that much overtime? If these guys are near retirement, their pensions will be more than DOUBLE their regular salaries.

There’s also a car inspector in the top five who made $276,500 with a base salary of $71,600. LIRR conductors and engineers (they drive the trains) are making about $150,000 a year with base salaries of $73,000 a year. A few of them are over $200,000 a year. NYPD cops would quit their jobs in a second to be a cop on the LIRR or Metro North. They make around $150,000 and more.

This is why MTA needs to raise the rates all the time. This has been reported many times and no one seems to be able to do anything about it. It isn’t only MTA, it’s the whole government. We’ll never balance any budgets as long as they trim from the bottom every time they make cuts. See MtaSalaries.com for more info about this.

Cut paper towel use down by half. Save 52 million a year.

http://www.subwaydouchery.com/post/356439322/subway-douchery-takin-care-of-business

Dear Buttface,

Access a Ride was created for the disabled who do

not have access to most public transportation.

Try being painfully disabled and wishing to go from Queens to a hospital that treats your disease in Manhattan.

I bet you do not see many wheelchair bound folks on the

Subway and few on the bus.

A private ambulance service charges $500-$800 for the ride.

If Access A Ride is abused , that is bad.

Butt the good it does ill & aged citizens is welcomed.

Oh just hike the fucking fair and shut up about it.

every year the MTA is out of money; every time they raise the fares and/or cut service, yet in 6 months they're out of funds again, but the work renovating the B&D lines continues for decades. the 2nd ave subway project continues forever, and the escalators at Columbus Circle take a year to repair..

i might be less opposed to continuous fare hikes IF THEY ACTUALLY COMPLETED A PROJECT ONCE AND A WHILE.

during the last 40 years the only transit initiatives that I've ever seen the MTA complete, were to obtain fare and budget increases...

Fuck the MTA and EVERYONE that works for it.

They should do a zone system: pay by how far you travel.

It's time to move to Canada or Europe

Oh, pul-ease! - in London you can expect paying something like $6 a ride and gasoline costs almost 3 times what it is here.

NYCCstressbunny obviouslsy has a simplified view of the world and poor analysis skills.

England has social medicine and just tags along on the US's wars. Always beware of someone who says: pul-ease.

Who is the person with poor analysis skills? Why it's obviously you. "obvisoulsy?" "England has social medicine?"

I think you mean "socialized" medicine (as if you knew what that is)--and which incidentally has absolutely nothing to do with the topic of public transportation. Do a little research/reading so you can present an intelligent opinion.

Or do you just enjoy whining?

Admittedly quick typing produced spelling and grammatical errors in my previous post. However, I guess "Just Saying" probably thinks that the trains in London just run for free, without taxpayer funding. The point is, which she/he/it obviously doesn't comprehend is that Britain has great social expenses, including socialized (thank you) medicine which costs a lot. New Yorkers are just getting higher transit fares, and no help with rising health care costs. "Just Saying" doesn't even comment on the issue here, only makes personal attacks. Now that's true whining.

Archie Bunker just called. He wants his brain back. lol

So, beyond your 3rd grade style, what is your take on the MTA fare hike? On Bloomberg's budget? On socialized medicine? Or is this just your therapy session?

How many people here have to insult you before it sinks into your reptilian brain?

Not only do you twist people's words, but you also make up illogical scenarios to support your prejudices. Your comments are consistently nothing more than long-winded rants. And the WORST part is that you monopolize entire threads with your brainless tirades. Enough is enough.

P.S. Archie Bunker still wants his brain back.

just saying (nothing):

Still haven't got your views on the MTA fare hike.

Folks, here's an example of what just saying (nothing) considers a non-rant:

"One reason why Boston ranks higher than NYC on the sobriety scale is because their drunkards come here to indulge their liquor-fueled sprees. http://gothamist.com/2010/02/01/boston_man_accuses_cop_of_breaking.php..."

Yee hah! What a mental giant!!!!

^ LOL

just saying (nothing):

Still haven't got your views on the MTA!

And how do the London trains compare to the MTA trains in terms of cleanliness, reliability, announcement audibility and customer service?

Where the fares and taxes are much higher.

Will it ever end? Fare increases to the MTA is like junk to the junkie. They always want more.

Do we really need a 2nd ave subway tunnel if no one can afford the fare?

Projects like that and the 7 extension are funded from Federal money. This is a fare hike for everyday service. I'd much rather my unlimited pass go from $89 to $100 than lose service.

Bloomberg can call all the bosses of all the people who need to commute to work every day and tell them to give people cost of living increases on a regular basis instead of saving the money for their own bonuses. Then that billionaire turd can open his fucking mouth.

Can we please make sidewalk scooter parking legal now. Or at least free parking at munimeter streets for two wheeled vehicles.

The loathsome MTA has been pulling this crap for as long as I can remember. I just assume they're lying about everything. Use the damned capital dollars already; what are you saving it for, your cushy bonuses?

Remember Bloomberg's advertising blitz on fixing the subway? Ahh, the good ol' days!

lol, it was taken down the same day he bought his 3rd term.

He was going to stand up to the MTA and get tough! He was the only man qualified enough to lead us through the economic crisis. I recall many Bloomberg ads plastered all over this site...

Ha - the only thing Bloomberg is the man for is something calling for a twat. Congrats on voting this tool in yet again NYers!

right, as if Bill Thompson would be any better.

What does he care, he gets chauffeured everywhere and then his SUV blocks the bike lane in front of city hall. The best bet is to get a bike and in any way possible, hand over as little money to New York State government (mafia?) or the MTA as possible. These people are thieves and egomaniacs. It's like giving junkies (ego junkie in Bloomberg's case) drugs to get by until the (money-rigged) next election. Guaranteed that Schumer will open his big mouth in a few hours and say something in outrage to let us know the funds he gets from huge corporations doesn't mean he's not helping out New York slobs who slog to work in their air-polluted, broke city (and of course, fightin' terrorism).

hahah. Go smoke a joint you dramatic complainer.

Ego Maniac MTA chairs......comedic gold.

What's a joint, the thing that would get stuck in your eye if you weren't anonymous?

cutting jobs from people that need jobs isn't a great idea. That access-a-ride sounds interesting to cut though. Any thoughts, cons and pros on that? I don't know enough about it. And.....I" love you New York, but you're bringing me down". May have to say peace to my home:(

I assume the poster who advocated for cutting access-a-ride was joking. While MTA could trim certain services provided by Access-a-Ride, the bulk of the program (which provides door-to-door service for the disabled) is required for the agency to maintain compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. See:

http://secondavenuesagas.com/category/paratransit/

for more information.

Without knocking services for the disabled, there SHOULD be some assessment of the money spent on these programs versus the number of people they help. Kind of like the required number of handicap parking spots that are almost invariably empty (or taken by people who gamed the system to qualify for a placard) when the rest of the lot is full. Why insulate these programs from accountability simply because they serve the disabled?

how does he know so much? he never delivers good news to the working class, does he?

Thanks for the warning that we'll both be bent over and ripped off at the turnstiles, but we'll also be late for work.

Good job, New York.

Halt the 2nd Avenue subway!

AGAIN?! No. Keep it moving. A big chunk of federal money is going into that project anyway and cannot be redirected to operations from capital expenditures.

How about you start by cutting the MTA staff by 1/3.

This one is easy: Access-a-ride costs nearly 500 million, right?

Get rid of it, and baby, you got a surplus goin!

thanks carl weathers...