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New York City’s subway and bus service is already in crisis. It could be getting worse. And more expensive.
Officials at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) warned last week that without a major infusion of cash, they will have to drastically cut service or increase fares on the system that carries millions of New Yorkers around the city.
[...] The system’s financial straits have gotten worse in part because it has fewer riders, and is collecting less money in fares. Expected passenger revenue over a five-year period has dropped by $485m since July.
“They’ve entered this death spiral,” said Benjamin Kabak, who runs the transit website Second Avenue Sagas. “The subway service and the bus service has become unreliable enough for people to stop using it. If people aren’t using it, there’s less money, and they have to keep raising fares without delivering better service.”
Bike-sharing and ride-hailing apps have emerged as alternatives for commuters. Is mass transit finding itself in a valley of death between those who are price-conscious and those who want maximum convenience?
(Score: 5, Touché) by stretch611 on Wednesday November 21 2018, @09:41AM (2 children)
You get paid in cleaner air.
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 21 2018, @09:47AM (1 child)
No, the cleaner air is due to a rise in fracking rather than burning coal and a reduction in imports of unnecessary cheap crap from china due to new tariffs and the ending of zirp.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 21 2018, @03:52PM
Looks like someone trolling, meh