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NO MTA NYC Fare Increase

Posted by northshore on Mon Jan 18 22:26:56 2021

NO MTA NYC Fare Increase

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Re: NO MTA NYC Fare Increase

Posted by Joe V on Tue Jan 19 08:20:24 2021, in response to NO MTA NYC Fare Increase, posted by northshore on Mon Jan 18 22:26:56 2021.

"MTA has decided to postpone the planned fare increase for several months"

Don't count your chickens yet.

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Re: NO MTA NYC Fare Increase

Posted by BusMgr on Tue Jan 19 08:38:42 2021, in response to NO MTA NYC Fare Increase, posted by northshore on Mon Jan 18 22:26:56 2021.

An expectation that Biden will have the rest of the country pay NYC's transit spending deficit.

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Re: NO MTA NYC Fare Increase

Posted by Joe V on Tue Jan 19 08:57:25 2021, in response to Re: NO MTA NYC Fare Increase, posted by BusMgr on Tue Jan 19 08:38:42 2021.

As do most transit systems, private bus companies, and Amtrak.

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Re: NO MTA NYC Fare Increase

Posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Jan 19 09:07:21 2021, in response to NO MTA NYC Fare Increase, posted by northshore on Mon Jan 18 22:26:56 2021.

They’ll just double down on rolls at its bridges and tunnels.

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Re: NO MTA NYC Fare Increase

Posted by Q4 on Tue Jan 19 13:21:54 2021, in response to Re: NO MTA NYC Fare Increase, posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Jan 19 09:07:21 2021.

They are still planning to hike the tolls this spring. I think the hearings for those have concluded.

The hike will be delayed "by several months", which means hikes happening this year are not totally off the table. Depends on Washington. We shall see.

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Re: NO MTA NYC Fare Increase

Posted by BusMgr on Wed Jan 20 20:19:10 2021, in response to Re: NO MTA NYC Fare Increase, posted by Joe V on Tue Jan 19 08:57:25 2021.

Should the federal government--meaning taxpayers nationwide--have to pay for a New York problem? True, other localities have their problems, but the magnitides pale in comparison to New York.

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Re: NO MTA NYC Fare Increase

Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Jan 20 20:23:17 2021, in response to Re: NO MTA NYC Fare Increase, posted by BusMgr on Wed Jan 20 20:19:10 2021.

Yes. New York City is 7% of the United States’ GDP.

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Re: NO MTA NYC Fare Increase

Posted by Joe V on Thu Jan 21 06:39:57 2021, in response to Re: NO MTA NYC Fare Increase, posted by BusMgr on Wed Jan 20 20:19:10 2021.

Every transit system in the country has the same "problem". We pay more taxes than they do since we have population, a far bigger economy, and we are not an automobile society like the sunbelt states, who we subsidize anyway in general.

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