This looks bad. But will it happen? Personally I actually think the service cuts will happen but the price for entry into the system will stay the same or increase by a few cents.

I think they will drop the W, and Z and then limit service on the B, H, M, and G trains. Bus lines will probably also get allot of cuts too.

But the price is more symbolic to the whole economic situation and the politicians may want to keep the price alone while limiting other things (like service)

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/begin rant

And did you hear about the all the other taxes that NY is thinking about putting on the people? Tax here, increase there… and notice no one has talked about:
1) Congestion Pricing
Will anybody investigate what happened to that and why this isn’t the answer to the situation at hand now?
2)Sunset-ing East River Bridge Tolls
Why can’t they say in 10 years we will remove the tolls on the east river bridges (as a matter of law) and just use them during rush hour or if you are using a appoaved rental program or something

I can see parking lot/centers springing up at the outer edges of the system and other areas like Mrtyle Ave/Broadway, Broadway Junction, Atlantic/Pacific, 36 street Brooklyn, and other places where people come in and park their cars (for a fee).

a) Bike lanes become a big force
b) train lines extended further out into queens
c) express tracks added to the J line between Alabama and Parsons (as well as other places such as the F line in Brooklyn,

Finally, all these taxes just makes me want to move. Why not get rid of the taxes on businesses, and middle class while applying smarter taxes such as congestion pricing and such? Why is it that this country’s biggest taxing states are the ones in the most trouble?

/end rant