Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Fare Hikes

Kruger Challenger Igor Oberman Campaigns on Support for Transit

By Noah Kazis | May 3, 2010 | 13 Comments

Igor Oberman hands out literature touting his support for transit and bridge tolls at the Kings Highway station this morning. Photo: Noah Kazis. The primaries are only four months away, and election season is starting to heat up in New York. All signs point to strong anti-incumbent sentiment among voters, with several entrenched legislators facing […]

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New Survey: 84% of Transit Agencies Facing Fare Hikes, Service Cuts

By Elana Schor | Apr 2, 2010 | No Comments

Budget shortfalls exacerbated by the lingering recession have forced 84 percent of local transit agencies to hike fares, cut service, or begin considering one or both of those options since the beginning of 2009, according to a report released yesterday by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). (Chart: APTA) APTA’s bleak survey reflects data from […]

Fare Hike 2010: Your Chance to Prop Up Albany

By Ben Fried | Mar 12, 2010 | 10 Comments

Straphangers, are you ready to subsidize the runaway state budget? By popular demand, here’s an updated graphic depiction of how the state of New York stole dedicated transit tax revenue from the MTA in last year’s deficit reduction package. The $190 million pot of money is known as the state’s 18-B obligation to the MTA. […]

The Truth About Student Fares: MTA a Huge Bargain for State and City

By Noah Kazis | Mar 1, 2010 | 16 Comments

The state and city spend about 58 times more per student on yellow school buses than what’s on the table for student MetroCards. Image: manyhighways via Flickr. A new round of MTA Board hearings gets started this week, and the biggest flashpoint is sure to be the student MetroCard program. New York City school children […]

Twenty-One NYC Reps Back Brodsky’s Student Fare Falsehood

By Noah Kazis | Feb 22, 2010 | 15 Comments

On Friday we noted that Assembly Member Richard Brodsky’s latest anti-transit argument — that "the actual cost of free and discounted student fares is close to zero" — doesn’t hold water. A letter from Brodsky addressed to MTA CEO Jay Walder calls for reinstating student MetroCards, laying blame for the program’s potential elimination at the […]

Congestion Pricing Can Help Save Working NYC Families $2,300 Per Year

By Noah Kazis | Feb 16, 2010 | 2 Comments

Without congestion pricing, fare hikes will hit New York’s many transit-using families hard. Image: Ed Yourdon via Flickr. Without bold action from legislators to fund transit, middle-class New York families will have to spend $2,300 more per year to get around the city even as the quality of the service they’re paying for declines, according […]

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