Keep in mind, I DID say REASONABLE.
This would mean the average one-way trip for some of the following:
- Bus 2.90 3.15
- Subway 2.90 3.15
- LIRR 20.00 21.50
- Met/No 20.00 21.50
- SIRT 3.25 4.00
- Bridges 11.50 12.75
These are numbers based on current average costs and anticipated projections reported in today's New York Post. The article only discusses the buses and subways, but past increases generally are applied to all properties and conveyances controlled by the MTA.
This is all on top of the implementation of congestion pricing scheduled for early in the new year. In addition, the MTA approved a $1.27 billion order of 435 new subway cars, including 80 “open-gangway” cars, to be purchased starting in 2025.
Between Krazy Kat and Janno’s total imcompetence, according to Joe Borelli, Minority Council Member from Staten Island, “So given the MTA’s incompetence factor, multiplied by their waste, abuse and mismanagement, paying only double a few years later seems par for the course,” he said. “Congestion pricing was supposed to solve all these capital shortfalls, but apparently now it won’t.”
He was careful not to mention that these two are the biggest grifters since Henry Gondorff and Johnny Hooker, when they took down Doyle Lonigan. (Courtesy The Sting)
Seriously, taxpayers, riders and commuters cannot continue to fork over their hard-earned, dwindling, limited resources as this mismanagement continues to exist unchecked, with no real audit consequences.
Perhaps, NOW, the federal Department of Transportation needs to step in and demand accountability, considering that the MTA receives funding from the feds via Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants program, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grants, and Capital Investment Grant (CIG) program.
The abuse by this corrupt governor and corrupt MTA board cannot be permitted to continue unabated.
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