Monday, December 21, 2009
Students Need Passes to Get to Their Classes!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Attacks on the Poor
Saturday, May 30, 2009
MetroSharing Update; Analyzing the New Fares
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Crisis Averted!
The New York Times (online edition) has just reported that a budget deal in Albany will fund the MTA and hold the fare increase on single bus and subway rides to $2.25. Monthly MetroCards will sell for $89 (up from $81). The deal, expected to pass in both the Assembly and the Senate on Wednesday, has no Republican support. It involves a payroll tax (3.4%), a surcharge on taxi rides and increases in vehicle-registration and license fees and the auto-rental tax.
It is never good news when the price of basic services increases, but as May 31 is rapidly approaching, I am relieved that we will not be facing a 25% fare increase and drastic service cuts. From these early reports, it looks as if service cuts will be averted.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Metrosharing Goes Mainstream!
On the morning of April 6, just before I left town for vacation, I saw a piece in the "Metropolitan Diary" in The Times that made me smile:
Dear Diary:
On a recent weekend in New York, my husband and I were sharing a MetroCard. Rushing to catch a train at the Union Square subway station, we didn’t notice that the card was running out of money. My husband swiped the card successfully, passed through the turnstile, then handed it back to me, but the card was now worth $0.00.
As I dithered, trying to decide what to do next, a youth behind me reached around and swiped his card for me.
When I turned to thank him, he replied impatiently, “Just go!”
Mary Donaldson-Evans
Now that I'm back home, I've been metrosharing almost daily (demand seems to be up). Send metrosharing stories if you like and I will be happy to post them.