Posted on 07/17/2023 9:36:03 PM PDT by CaptainK
Come on and take a free ride!
Five Big Apple bus routes will be free starting in late September, in part to monitor ridership numbers on transit lines with high fare evasion.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s troubleshooting plan is part of a $50 million state pilot pushed hard by progressives in Albany.
The funding also boosts the number of trains running on the No. 1, No. 6, C, N and R trains by 20 percent during the middays and on weekends.
“The MTA is the lifeblood of New York City, and I’m proud of the tremendous progress we’ve made in returning ridership to pre-pandemic levels,” said Gov. Kathy Hochul.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Fate beaters get rewarded with free rides. The paying riders get the shaft.
Dr. Demento is still alive
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Absolutely classical dimmocrap solution to a problem: eliminate the standards, then no one can fail.
Rewarding thieves is a metaphor for civilization’s collapse. Exactly what comes next?
FREE everything is free!
Is this the new homeless housing initiative? becuase we all know who lives below the streets
Will there be room in them to set up tents?
This is slightly off topic as it pertains to public busses in a major ND town where we go to shop often. I took notice a couple years ago that the numerous busses the city has running around has zero passengers and makes no pickup or drop off stops. Every time I see one of those public busses it’s empty except for the driver. It’s such a waste of resources that it must be federally subsidized to keep such a scam going. Public transportation is such a joke.
Free costs 50 million.
Paging Inigo Montoya...
Public transpo exists to create bureaucracy and bleed taxpayers dry, not to serve the public.
You could probably call an Uber for every passenger ride and come out cheaper.
Fate beaters get rewarded with free rides. The paying riders get the shaft.
The TBTA toll gold mine goes to the mass transit side of the MTA so the motorists pay through the nose for tolls.
What’s the big deal? It’s not like NYC has a fiscal problem.
Dr Demento was one of my favorite radio shows growing up. My mother hated when I listened to it so I had to put in the earplugs and take my transistor radio to the bedroom in order to hear it.
I came across a song that Demento played a lot a just this past weekend. Hadn't heard it in over 40 years. Even more amazingly, I just learned that the song was written by Ace Frehley, the guitarist for KISS.
Crazy Joe and the Variable Speed Band - Eugene
My name is, uh-uh-uh-Eugene
For readers that know little to nothing about the size of the NYC subway system.
https://www.urbanrail.net/am/nyrk/new-york.htm
You can see - on the map at that link - the routes of the subway lines mentioned in the article.
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