Comments on: Drilling down on the politics of student MetroCard cuts

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:47:58 +0000

This effects high school students and elementary school students, or just college students?

By: Revisiting the economics and politics of student transit :: Second Ave. Sagas

Revisiting the economics and politics of student transit :: Second Ave. Sagas — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:55:54 +0000

[...] fund transit. When the Student MetroCard program started, it was, as Metro reminded us today and I wrote in December, set to cost $135 million, and the city, state and MTA were to carry equal funding burdens of $45 [...]

By: Students — Not State — Showing Leadership on MTA School Fares | Mobilizing the Region

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:07:04 +0000

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By: As a candidate, Paterson lacks positive MTA record :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:37:01 +0000

[...] eliminated funding for MTA programs. He rescinded $140 million in state appropriations and has cut state Student MetroCard contributions from $45 million annually to just $6 million. His representative to the state’s capital [...]

By: BOB

BOB — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:46:02 +0000

i feel that we shall all be happy and live happy lives i am in high school and unfortunately there are no highschools in walking distance from my home, if i i try to ride a bicycle i will be very tired and i have asthma how can i make it ?? my family is poor, isnt public school free for a reason? America the land of opportunity.Well give us an opportunity to learn. Think about the majority of the people,if you adults are honestly worried about the future then help us get to our schools to learn and be educated. If we cant get to our schools how will we learn. Stop being selfish and think about the US in U.S.A

By: On Student MetroCards, the Assembly doesn’t get it :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:13:58 +0000

[...] put, the MTA should not be expected to fund student transit. As Aaron Donovan, an agency spokesperson said in December, “Nowhere else [...]

By: Tara

Tara — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:55:20 +0000

I’m a student in middle school and I have a older brother in high school. Both of us go to school by public transportation because both of our schools are far from walking distance. If they cut metro cards for students then my parents would have to pay a lot monthly to get us to school. If we decide we walk to school both of us would have to wake up really early to go to school because I live 4 avenues and 29 streets away from my school, it would take me hours to actually get to school without being late. The MTA shouldn’t be responsible to get students to school but the government should do something about it because students and their family shouldn’t have to waste lots of money just to get to school. Homeschooling would be a much better choice if students and their family would have to spend so much money.

By: A $214 million negotiating tactic :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:37:54 +0000

[...] I’ve written extensively about the various aspects to this threat. We’ve explored the politics of the cuts and the mathematics behind the impending death of free student rides. Last week, Assembly rep [...]

By: nicole

nicole — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:20:42 +0000

see everyone has a point here but why do the children have to be penalized for something that the government is responsible, theres a good side and a bad side to all of this and they each have reasons, but basically all theyre doing is blame each other back and forth about something that basically affects newyork

By: Brodsky promises funding for student fares :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:04:15 +0000

[...] the state or city have upped their contributions to the program. At one point, as I’ve explained in the past, the city, state and MTA split the funding for student rides evenly with each body covering [...]