Cartoon Tuesday: Jump the Gates or Dump the Stooges?

From the cutting-off-one’s-nose-to-spite-one’s-face department comes this nonetheless impressive song and video excoriating the MTA (a.k.a. "Money-Taking Assholes") and calling on transit riders to "start jumping the gates." But there’s more to the message than misguided MTA bashing, as "the fuck-ups in Albany" — Ruben Diaz, Sr., Pedro Espada and Carl Kruger, specifically — get their due.

Just goes to show that there’s plenty of anger out there over the MTA funding fiasco, and that much of it could use some constructive channeling. Again, today’s Union Square rally would be a good place to start. Maybe signs flashing across TV screens and tabloid pages naming state senators (whomever they may be) would finally get the fuck-ups’ Albany’s attention.

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Cartoon Doomsday

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Transit gallows humor from Daily News cartoonist Bill Bramhall. The whole toon is a fitting accompaniment to the paper’s editorial stance on the MTA rescue saga. You can find it on the fourth slide in this gallery.

Cartoon Doomsday, Part 2

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With events in Albany still unfolding, it remains to be seen whether this Bill Bramhall ‘toon — slide four of the Daily News illustrator’s gallery — will become reality. On the other hand, with drivers still guaranteed a free ride over East and Harlem River bridges, the argument could be made that it already has.

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As part of December’s deficit reduction package, Albany lawmakers took dedicated transit tax revenue from MTA operations to fund other parts of the state budget. The $190 million pot of money is known as the state’s 18-B obligation to the MTA. The total MTA operating budget is nearly $12 billion (with a "b"). When the […]

MTA Unveils Open Data Policy, Clearing a Path for NYC Transit Apps

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In a big turnaround, the MTA now touts third-party transit applications on its website. The MTA took an important step toward improving the rider experience today, announcing that the agency will open its route and schedule data to third party software developers. The policy change — a major turnaround — promises to take some of […]