MTA Fare Hikes Tomorrow! and the BQ trains are still not workin

MOD

http://gothamist.com/2010/12/28/remember_mta_fare_hikes_just_two_da.php

Slope is finally cleaning up after the snow, and the BQ trains are still all messed up. So what do you think?

Wasn't your post-Blizzard commute great this morning? OK, so it's not like the MTA could have done anything about a massive, city-wrecking snowstorm, but we're sure you're not itching to reward them for those 32 hours underground with even more money. Too bad. The new MTA fare hikes will go into effect on Thursday, featuring the $104 monthly MetroCard and $1 MetroCard surcharge to go into effect sometime in 2011.

A few straphangers who haven't yet reached the acceptance stage complained to various news outlets. David Seid told the Post, "We're paying higher fares for worse service. I'm absolutely outraged. I haven't had a raise in three years. You don't do this when people are hurting." And Crystal Norman said she could barely afford a montly MetroCard as it is. "You can't get ahead. There's always another bill, something costing more. It's misery." Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign said, "The MTA must use the inflation rate for Venezuela in setting price increases on unlimited-ride MetroCards."

whynot_31

I'm happier when I do not have an illusion of citizen control.

swngnmonk

I'd be nice if the politicians, especially those in Albany, would accept their responsibility for shortchanging the MTA for hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue that was intended to go to the Authority.

Instead, they take the money, and then beat up on the MTA for being "inefficient" when services are cut and fares are raised. It doesn't work like that, you disingenuous pols.

Joan Millman, I'm looking at you.

armchair_warrior

times like this time for nyc to secede, it would be best for ny state and nyc.

rural issues are not address properly and nyc doesn't get its fair share of tax money. development isn't good for both.

homeowner

BTW if you purchase a 30-day unlimited today you have until January 10th to activate it and February 8th to use it.

reggi

It's time to get an electric bike now.