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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: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday November 22 2018, @06:04AM
Most who own cars think the cost of ownership is just the payments, gas, maintenance, parking and the like but ecomists know to figure in the costs of medical care for those who are dying of pollution.
There is also stuff like the cost of declining tourism
I once lived in Vancouver BC whose public transport is amazing. But here in Vancouver Washington I'm planning to buy a car because public transport is opposed by many of the voters. Oregon won't pay for a new bridge over the Columbia River unless Portland's light rail but Washington won't pay for the bridge unless it's not so extended
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]