MTA and City Screw Working Poor with So-Called ‘Fair Fares’
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A discount on weekly and monthly Metrocards doesn't help the working poor — who tend to pay as they go because they don't have big money to spend up front.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit Funding
New York’s Amazon Deal Has Little For Miserable Queens Commuters
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Transit is not going to get appreciably better under this sweetheart deal with Amazon.
Sweetheart Deal for Amazon Includes Tiny ‘Infrastructure Fund’ for City
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Could an "infrastructure fund" help ease the burden of having 25,000 Amazonians move to Long Island City?
Joe Lhota’s Resignation from the MTA: What You Need to Know
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Lhota's departure means real leadership is around the corner. Hopefully.
From Streetfilms: Los Angeles — The Great American Transit Experiment
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Clarence Eckerson is back with a look at major transit expansions in the City of Angels.
De Blasio Moves Forward With the BQX: Here’s Four Things You Should Know
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It is still unclear if this $2.73-billion thing is really going to happen.