http://blog.tstc.org/2007/11/28/fare-hike-epidemic-spreads-to-bee-line/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://blog.tstc.org/2007/11/28/fare-hike-epidemic-spreads-to-bee-line/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Only Fare: Transit Agencies Plan Upped Service in 2008 « Mobilizing the Region Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:18:59 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/2007/11/28/fare-hike-epidemic-spreads-to-bee-line/#comment-59 [...] be made up by increased MetroCard revenue due to the MTA’s fare hike, or by the county, which increased Bee-Line aid by about $6 million in its recently passed 2008 [...] [...] be made up by increased MetroCard revenue due to the MTA’s fare hike, or by the county, which increased Bee-Line aid by about $6 million in its recently passed 2008 [...]

]]> http://blog.tstc.org/2007/11/28/fare-hike-epidemic-spreads-to-bee-line/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Steve Strauss Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:31:11 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/2007/11/28/fare-hike-epidemic-spreads-to-bee-line/#comment-58 If the Brodsky-Brennan bill to end the State's practice of borrowing money from the downstate Metropolitan Mass Transportation Operating Assistance Fund were to pass, the Bee Line system along with Long Island Bus would be eligibe for additional funding from the revenue from downstate MTA-region special taxes (the sales tax and corporate income tax surcharge). Since 2001 the Governor and the State Legislature have diverted this downstate money to fund other State transportation assistance obligations (18-b program). If the Brodsky-Brennan bill to end the State’s practice of borrowing money from the downstate Metropolitan Mass Transportation Operating Assistance Fund were to pass, the Bee Line system along with Long Island Bus would be eligibe for additional funding from the revenue from downstate MTA-region special taxes (the sales tax and corporate income tax surcharge). Since 2001 the Governor and the State Legislature have diverted this downstate money to fund other State transportation assistance obligations (18-b program).

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