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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: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday November 22 2018, @01:08AM
You can have all of the big-city perks closeby without having to deal with the big-city noise and big-city minorities, your kids can go to school without being beaten up and dragged down by the village idiots, and suburb city code outlaws the use of noisy portable basketball hoops people are oofing and yelling over outside while you're trying to have a nice quiet dinner with your family.
Suburbs are every bit as American as the Old West. Now, HOA's are a whole other story, but at least they prevent the Mexican Mafia families down the street from painting their houses obnoxious pastel colors* and putting stone lions* in their front yards.
* True story. I've seen it on multiple occasions and in multiple towns, in fact.