M.T.A. Says It Plans to Seek a Second Fare Increase, This One in 2011
M.T.A. Says It Plans to Seek a Second Fare Increase, This One in 2011 -NYTIMES
In a very accurate observation Mayor Michael Bloomberg is quoted in the NY Times “That’s just poor management.”In 2003 a base fare increase was supposed to come with an increase in services; In 2005 another fare increase but only the unlimited metrocards (majority of commuters use only the unlimited metrocards), we saw a multi-Billion dollar bond issue put forward to a vote and it won overwhelmingly, the MTA had a billion dollar surplus, attempted to give $700-$900 million gift to the Jets in the promise of building of a new stadium the result of this disaterous year: a 3 day TWU strike; In 2007 an introduction of the possiblity of congestion pricing; In 2008 an increased fares of unlimted metrocards, and announcement that yet another fare increase to take effect next year with further empty promises of increases of service as ridership far out paces current services, the transit hub at the World Trade Center site over budget and years late with no known schedule for completion, MTA admits that they will not be able to keep to the previous capital plan and will not follow through on any station reconditioning.
Thank goodness congestion pricing failed! If it had gone through it would have been an extra $2-3 billion dollars for the MTA to burn through. If their were a congestion price implemented, it better be by an all British (specifically London) mangement at the MTA, since our homegrown mangement are step below feces hurling monkeys one could find in the Bronx Zoo. Hemmdinger, Kalikow, Sander, and the rest of the MTA apes need to throw in the towel since I don't think they could manage a lemonade stand.
