That’s today, folks. So don’t jump that turnstile. And if you want the details on Section 1050.4 of the MTA NYC Transit Rules of Conduct, click here.
And for the fun of it, City Room’s Sewell Chan details the history of the MTA’s anti-fare-jumping efforts.
It’s official. Beginning around July 7, 2008, fines for evading the fares in the buses and subways will go from $60 to $100. It is the first such increase in over two decades, and NYC Transit notes that “virtually all other forms of civil fines in the region have increased since the 1980’s, quite substantially […]
Updating this morning’s item on the end of the planned service upgrades, it seems that the Daily News sources weren’t 100 percent correct. According to The Times’ William Neuman, the MTA and New York City Transit will go ahead with $4.5 million worth of service upgrades. It’s better than nothing, right?
Neuman reports:
Extra service, sometimes […]
Most New York City subway riders would agree: Nary a week goes by without some subway delays. Whether it’s a few more minutes than usual at rush hour or a full-blown police investigation/sick passenger issue, delays are seemingly running rampant recently.
Well, as The Sun reported yesterday, if it seems like delays are up, that’s […]
Ah, the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA. Since 1981, this committee, which has the potential to be a voice for change, has been flying under the radar. For its fancy, the committee doesn’t get its name in the paper more than once a year really when the annual MTA Performance Review hits […]
Do we trust Lee Sander and Howard Roberts? That’s really the question behind this line manager plan New York City Transit will begin to implement on Monday.
If we trust the MTA CEO with impeccable academic credentials and the NYCT President who helped streamline the New York City buses twenty years ago, then this […]
