M.T.A. Crossing
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- March
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I got a little lost when idea-ifying over this one. I’m confused by the whole Metropolitan Transportation Authority budget gap phenomenon. No matter what, they always need more money than they did in the previous year. This year, of course, it’s all “much worse.” What I can glean is that Albany doesn’t want to impose new taxes and a new series of toll booths at the East River and Harlem crossings (which are my personal favorite bridges – not because there’s no toll per se, but because there’s rarely a backup, due to there being no toll booths…) Conversely, the M.T.A. is threatening huge fare hikes and service cuts if they don’t get their payroll tax and tolls implemented to supplement their incomprehensible inability to spend only the money they earn. So the M.T.A. and Albany have entered into yet another battle over which set of commuters to aggravate. So as you can see, it’s hard to figure out who the villain is for cartooning purposes. I personally think that, if anything, subway fares should go up, as the bridge tolls are already diverted to prop up subway costs.
And compared to other underground systems around the world, the NYC Subway is a bargain.
Oh, and Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan should be revisited.
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on Sunday, March 15th, 2009 at 9:45 am by Matt Davies.
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The MTA always needs more because that’s what its management is accustomed to. Year after year, it seeks and receives more money without any improvement in efficiency or service. Unfortunately, that seems to be par for the course with these bureaucrats.
Step one to reigning them in? Overhaul the management. Step two? Control the unions.
Tolls on bridges and fare hikes will only generate more and higher tolls and fare hikes.
congestion pricing?
here’s an idea. reduce the taxis.
Fricken Killer Bees. there’s no need the subway and busses would be fine if it werent for those dangers on the road.
There’s way too many of them ..
I reminisce about that one monday tehy went on srike. sigh
The best traffic day in the history of NY. busses ran fine you could crosss the street. and the taxis realized their flaw. no one needs what they dont see. so they cut their strike short.
sigh
oh well.
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