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its a terrible problem — much, much worse since covid free ride days — like i said and for example, no one in staten pays
Why the MTA’s bus drivers don’t enforce the fare By Ramsey Khalifeh Published Aug 9, 2024 The MTA is struggling to get New Yorkers to pay to ride the bus, in no small part because drivers don’t enforce the fare. But for decades, that was a key part of a bus driver’s job. “When I was a kid, the bus wouldn’t run if you stood there and said, ‘I’m not paying.’ [Either] the bus driver wasn’t going to run the bus or you would have to get off,” MTA Chair Janno Lieber said during last week’s MTA board meeting, recalling growing up on the Upper West Side in the 1970s. But in 2008, Brooklyn bus driver Edwin Thomas was stabbed to death after telling a passenger he needed to pay to ride. And the union representing bus drivers subsequently succeeded in implementing a softer approach toward fare beaters. “I will not let my operators get involved in fare disputes because that’s not our job,” said J.P. Patafio, head of buses at Transport Workers Union Local 100. “Our job is to drive the bus safely from point A to point B, and getting into arguments about the fare has historically led to an increase in assaults.” Lieber last week said “too many [bus drivers] have been subject to violence,” and that asking them to enforce the fare would put them in danger. New York City Transit’s rule book shows fare collection is part of a bus driver’s duties. But Patafio said in practice drivers are only asked to state the cost of the fare, and make a record every time someone doesn’t pay. Meanwhile, MTA stats show fare beating has spiked dramatically – particularly since the pandemic. more: https://gothamist.com/news/why-the-m...force-the-fare |
robert moses explains his current plans — :haha:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-KOf...xyZjV4bGFyaA== |
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fearlessly incredible — sixth avenue subway construction 1927 :tup:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fa/a3...7e5f246a82.jpg |
That's when they had balls.
Now cowering politicians constantly kowtow to the squeakiest "stakeholder" wheel which means major surface disruptions are avoided at nearly all costs even though that is often the best and most economically way of building underground transit. Don't even get me going. |
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I'm gonna have to admit, I don't get like half the references. Can someone cooler younger than me break this down? |
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lol yeah true, I'd bet it'd be cheaper to shut businesses down for 2 years and pay each 1.5x their lost revenue than the way it's done so painstakingly slowly now. You'd greatly save on time and efficiency of the operation. (if you intelligently capitilized on the advantage which.. who knows with the MTA) |
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this is via nys sen. hoylman newsletter —
Electrifying MTA Buses I joined the MTA, Assembly Member Rosenthal, City Planning Commissioner Garodnick and other government colleagues on a tour of the Michael J. Quill Bus Depot and the electric charging station in the Hudson River Park to discuss efforts to transition to a zero-emissions bus fleet by 2040. The MTA fleet consists of 15 electric buses, with 60 new buses on the way. Nearly 500 new buses are scheduled to enter service by 2026, but unfortunately, the recent “pause” of congestion pricing imperils the MTA’s ability to secure orders for nearly half of this total. In addition, timely orders are complicated by there being only one manufacturer currently producing electric buses in the U.S. to the MTA’s standards. This is yet another important reason why congestion pricing must proceed as soon as possible. |
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It looks like this section of subway construction was part of a simultaneous street widening project. So comparing what we're looking at here to cut-and-cover construction beneath grid avenues isn't useful. Also, there are so many existing subway tunnels and tunnels of other types in Manhattan that there isn't much potential for cut-and-cover construction. |
On closer inspection, this image looks like it's from the original section of the Sixth Av Extension which went from Carmine St in the village to Canal. This was a completely new street cut through the existing neighborhood, not just a widening. It displaced around 10,000 people and dozens of building demolitions to accomplish. The second phase of the Sixth Av Extension ran from Canal to Church. IND construction of the 8 Av line was simultaneously carried out.
A good source of info on the 6 Av Extension: https://www.villagepreservation.org/...-before-after/ |
A ferry from New Rochelle and the Bronx to LaGuardia would be great.
High Speed Ferries: Could It Be The Solution To JFK And LaGuardia's Public Transportation Problem? By Alexander Mitchell Simple Flying Aug. 17, 2024 "Few airports are as important in the United States as LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), the only two facilities officially located within New York City. These airports handle millions of annual passengers, each serving a uniquely important purpose, with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reporting a record 65 million passengers across the two facilities in 2023. LaGuardia is only connected to New York via a few bus routes, and it does not offer convenient access to Manhattan’s major business districts and residential areas. JFK also lacks an easy transportation option, and like LGA, does not offer a dedicated station on the New York Subway, again requiring most to undertake multiple transfers between forms of mass transit to get to their final destination..." https://simpleflying.com/high-speed-...tion-solution/ |
^ there used to be ferries to the lga marine air terminal —
**** huge accessability project finishes up — Construction finished on three new elevators at 14th Street subway complex By Ben Brachfeld Posted on August 22, 2024 The MTA has completed construction on new elevators at the subway complex on 14th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan, which serves the F, M, and L lines with a connection to the 1, 2, and 3. The transit agency cut the ribbon Thursday on three new elevators as part of a massive $300 million overhaul at the busy station complex. The new elevators connect the street level to the station’s mezzanine, while two additional elevators connect the mezzanine to the uptown F/M platform and to the L platform; more are in construction to connect to the downtown F/M platform and the 1/2/3 platform at 7th Avenue. more: https://www.amny.com/transit/constru...ubway-complex/ https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uplo...esize=1200,900 One of the brand new elevators at the subway station on 14th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan. MTA |
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NYC has a new plan to fix an ailing BQE section. Construction won’t begin until 2029
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the plot thickens —
Congestion Pricing | New York lawmakers tell court Hochul has no authority to pause Manhattan toll By Ben Brachfeld Posted on August 26, 2024 Gov. Kathy Hochul legally has no authority under New York law to pause congestion pricing, a group of current and former New York lawmakers argued last week to a judge overseeing cases seeking to restart the waylaid Manhattan tolling program. more: https://www.amny.com/transit/congest...an-toll-pause/ |
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