Wednesday, 16 December 2009
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The NYC MTA Strikes Again!
Because this post made me mad.
Being a born and raised resident of the beloved Boogie Down Bronx, I have experienced first hand the problems of the damned New York City Subway.
I remember a time when I would be able to go into my parents change jar, pull out a couple quarters and it would be enough for me not only to get on the train but be able to come back and have enough left over for a trip to the bodega.
Good times.
Now with all this talk of the budget deficits that the MTA is facing (because of the damn unnecessary 2nd Avenue subway line they're beginning to build - but that's a post for another day) they want to short change the people of New York even further.
If you live in New York, how many times have you been late for work because of "signal problems?" How many times have you not wanted to go into a particular car because of how dirty and nasty the thing looked? And how many times have fares gone up?? With the increase in fares, isn't the service and quality also supposed to increase?
Now students might have to start paying their own way in? At $2.25 a way? You've gotta be kidding me.
The fact of the matter is, the MTA can and will continue to take advantage of the wallets of the commuters of New York because there is no competition. What else do they have to compete with? Cabs? Although they are more convenient and more comfortable, they are also more money which really does nothing to combat the MTA's rising prices.
And also the fact that the majority of the population of New York City are commuters, people that live in the outer boroughs that travel into the city for school, work, recreation, etc. Not only is there no competition, but there will never be a shortage of consumers who rely on their service.
A few friends of mine and myself have joked about enacting a city-wide boycott of the MTA to let them know that the people of New York will not stand for their abuse. But of course, being from New York, we all know that people don't care enough or are too dependent on the MTA to do that, so it would never be successful.
What do you think about the boycott? Could you think of another way to get the point across to the MTA that we are not going to take their crap anymore?
Editor's note: I couldn't agree more! I was also born and raised in NYC and your points are valid!
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Comments (3)
chicago public transportation is horrible as well. our fare was changed to $2.25 a long time ago, and buses dont even distribute transfers anymore. :(
Talk about subway... You should be glad that you're not in Toronto... it is going to be $3.00 a way starting on Jan 3rd, 2010...
And I can tell you Toronto subway is as bad as NYC
It sucks because there is definately not show of improvment for the increase. If there was I'd be okay with it but seriously, it's getting rediculous. Our college in Nyack takes a trip up to the City for a special Freshman orientation outing day. We do a photo scavanger hunt and the kids have to travel all over the boroughs and quite frankly, it's MAD expensive to do that. It's SOOOO much fun though. My son, husband and I all take the train to get from Poughkeepsie to my girlfriends house up in the Catskills. It's not the only part of the trip as we jump trains and drive some, but seriously, it's really expensive! I can't wait until someone starts standing up and saying that they aren't going to take it. A whole city wide week long boycott would cost them MILLIONS and they would have to do something. But like you said, no one cares about that, they will just keep shelling out the cash because no one can afford to take that much time off of work without losing their jobs!