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  • Broken Windows: Lefty scheme to decriminalize NY bus fare jumping leads to 1/4 of riders not paying

    06/24/2019 9:23:23 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 18 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 06/24/2019 | Monica Showalter
    Leftists, particularly in Bill De Blasio's New York, are always trying to shove people into public transportation. Never mind that the subways are full of robbers, gropers, stinkers, and pushers, never mind that the public buses are horrible to ride, crowded, jerky, slow, complete with atrocious customer service. (An exception, of course, is made for illegals, with drivers licenses now being issued to that crowd, the better to get their votes). But everyone else is expected to ride the bus.  And sure enough, bus conditions are pretty horrible even as New York's bus service is now losing money. The problem? A...
  • 1 Killed, 60 Injured in China Protest (Beat the government dogs to death)

    03/16/2007 5:13:35 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 13 replies · 444+ views
    Forbes ^ | 03/13/07 | AUDRA ANG
    1 Killed, 60 Injured in China Protest By AUDRA ANG 03.13.07, 7:53 AM ET A student was killed and at least 60 people were injured in central China when villagers armed with bricks and rocks clashed with baton-wielding police over rising bus fares, witnesses and news reports said Tuesday. Residents in Zhushan, a village in Hunan province, began gathering around a government building Friday to protest the new price of public bus tickets, said Jiang Zhaoyuan, who saw the demonstration that lasted through the weekend. The price had doubled over the Chinese New Year holiday in February. The crowd swelled...
  • "THE JOY OF '6': Lex line is top-rated subway."

    07/24/2004 9:39:34 AM PDT · by The Scourge of Yazid · 87 replies · 1,071+ views
    The New York Post ^ | July 21, 2004 | Clemente Lisi
    <p>I don't know how many of you read this story in "The Post", or heard about on the local news, but The Straphangers Campaign has just released its annual "State of the Subways" report.</p> <p>According to this article, the report "ranks each line based on what a $2 ride is really worth...based on Transit Authority data from the last six months of 2003."</p>