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September 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Tap to pay by CC or IC card (like Octupus and SUICA)?
Congestion Pricing money was meant to pay for the 2020 to 24 Capital Plan. After years of delays the money is finally being bonded out (MTA is borrowing based off of the revenues from congestion pricing). By law it is for capital projects only. Fares pays for the operations budget.
July 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Congestion Pricing money was meant to pay for the 2020 to 24 Capital Plan. After years of delays the money is finally being bonded out (MTA is borrowing based off of the revenues from congestion pricing). By law it is for capital projects only. Fares pays for the operations budget.
Congestion pricing money is lock boxed by law for capital projects and basically entirely bonded to pay for the 2020 to 2024 Capital Plan. Fares are for the operations budget. A 4% fare increase every two years is sub inflation and at a flat fare compared to other metros is still a great deal.
July 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Congestion pricing money is lock boxed by law for capital projects and basically entirely bonded to pay for the 2020 to 2024 Capital Plan. Fares are for the operations budget. A 4% fare increase every two years is sub inflation and at a flat fare compared to other metros is still a great deal.
Sara Roosevelt Park not close enough?
June 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sara Roosevelt Park not close enough?
Lock boxed for capital projects like expansion and state of good repair.
June 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Lock boxed for capital projects like expansion and state of good repair.
Link to the pushback?
June 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Link to the pushback?
And I'm not some hurp durp transit should entirely pay for itself libertarian, but you have to see the value of transit being insualted from political turbulence and funding games on the operations side to be a major plus.
June 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
And I'm not some hurp durp transit should entirely pay for itself libertarian, but you have to see the value of transit being insualted from political turbulence and funding games on the operations side to be a major plus.
Free transit is basically done by no world class system. The best systems are at least someone self sufficient operationally through the farebox (HK MTR, JR, Toyko Metro). Value capture, government grants and addl subsidies would go far better towards capital improvements and expansion.
June 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Free transit is basically done by no world class system. The best systems are at least someone self sufficient operationally through the farebox (HK MTR, JR, Toyko Metro). Value capture, government grants and addl subsidies would go far better towards capital improvements and expansion.
www.thefp.com/p/this-is-an...
Warning its from Bari Weiss' publication but I kinda relished in the handwringing.
Warning its from Bari Weiss' publication but I kinda relished in the handwringing.
This Is Andrew Cuomo’s Nightmare Scenario
Zohran Mamdani has all the energy and momentum. But can a 33-year-old socialist really defeat a former governor?
www.thefp.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
www.thefp.com/p/this-is-an...
Warning its from Bari Weiss' publication but I kinda relished in the handwringing.
Warning its from Bari Weiss' publication but I kinda relished in the handwringing.
This article made me lol.
June 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This article made me lol.
The system was in major disrepair by 1948. You can argue that lack of reinvestment during the 70s fiscal crisis led to the failure of Program for Action, but the system would have been better off if it wasn't in such disrepair at the start of the suburbanization craze.
June 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The system was in major disrepair by 1948. You can argue that lack of reinvestment during the 70s fiscal crisis led to the failure of Program for Action, but the system would have been better off if it wasn't in such disrepair at the start of the suburbanization craze.
AbundanceNY already had him (Ranked 5th) on their voter guide....so kinda lmao that even Abundance Libs hate Cuomo.
June 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
AbundanceNY already had him (Ranked 5th) on their voter guide....so kinda lmao that even Abundance Libs hate Cuomo.
And I can point to 50x other global examples that aren't and run better (HK MTR, JR, Tokyo Metro, any of the Chinese Metros with distance based fares, London Underground).
June 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
And I can point to 50x other global examples that aren't and run better (HK MTR, JR, Tokyo Metro, any of the Chinese Metros with distance based fares, London Underground).
Also, championing with how low the fares were until 1948 is trippy because that frozen 5c fare contributed to so much of the systems deferred maintenance issues in the 60s/70s.
June 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Also, championing with how low the fares were until 1948 is trippy because that frozen 5c fare contributed to so much of the systems deferred maintenance issues in the 60s/70s.
Also, on speeds, the fare free buses speeds decreased less (2.2%) than the system wide bus speeds (2.3%).
June 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Also, on speeds, the fare free buses speeds decreased less (2.2%) than the system wide bus speeds (2.3%).
The pilot results are mixed per MTAs own report.
www.mta.info/document/147...
Of note: Ridership increased bu 12% but 69% were cannibalized from existing risers. New riders had similar income profiles as existing Ridership (didn't increase low income ridership), bus dwell times increased.
www.mta.info/document/147...
Of note: Ridership increased bu 12% but 69% were cannibalized from existing risers. New riders had similar income profiles as existing Ridership (didn't increase low income ridership), bus dwell times increased.
www.mta.info
June 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The pilot results are mixed per MTAs own report.
www.mta.info/document/147...
Of note: Ridership increased bu 12% but 69% were cannibalized from existing risers. New riders had similar income profiles as existing Ridership (didn't increase low income ridership), bus dwell times increased.
www.mta.info/document/147...
Of note: Ridership increased bu 12% but 69% were cannibalized from existing risers. New riders had similar income profiles as existing Ridership (didn't increase low income ridership), bus dwell times increased.
Rider behavior. Suburban VPs/middle management types tend to be quiet.
June 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Rider behavior. Suburban VPs/middle management types tend to be quiet.
I won't lie though, LIRR is better because of the price premium. Would support maybe just the off peak city ticket being the standard regional metro/rail price within City Zone (or have a few cars like the 1st Class cars on the MTR or Green Cars on JR) for price segmentation.
June 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I won't lie though, LIRR is better because of the price premium. Would support maybe just the off peak city ticket being the standard regional metro/rail price within City Zone (or have a few cars like the 1st Class cars on the MTR or Green Cars on JR) for price segmentation.
Easier in NYC? We barely got our 66B capital plan through and you think we can make up the 40% to 50% farebox?
June 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Easier in NYC? We barely got our 66B capital plan through and you think we can make up the 40% to 50% farebox?
Every other free fare experiment abroad basically showed that free transit cannibalized from active modes. And virtually no world class system operates fare free.
June 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Every other free fare experiment abroad basically showed that free transit cannibalized from active modes. And virtually no world class system operates fare free.
How will reducing merge delays f over riders in Queens?
June 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
How will reducing merge delays f over riders in Queens?
Transit costs project does attribute overstaffing as a contributor, I think they used thr example of TBMs here being staffed with 2x the amount crew than in Italy.
June 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Transit costs project does attribute overstaffing as a contributor, I think they used thr example of TBMs here being staffed with 2x the amount crew than in Italy.
My sides are in orbit..
June 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
My sides are in orbit..
Unironically. 65 billion for thr MTA but 90%+ is modernization and state of good repair work. She managed to raise a local payment mobility tax to get us over the fiscal cliff 2 years back? What's the CTA short by, 770 million?
June 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Unironically. 65 billion for thr MTA but 90%+ is modernization and state of good repair work. She managed to raise a local payment mobility tax to get us over the fiscal cliff 2 years back? What's the CTA short by, 770 million?