Comments on: Nassau's Proposed 2009 Budget Is More of the Same for LI Bus

By: For Nassau Elected Officials, 15-Minute Bus Ride is Too Much to Ask | Mobilizing the Region

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:43:34 +0000

[...] bus system or care about its riders. Nassau County has cut or kept its funding for LI Bus stagnant over the past decade, and is contributing less now than it was ten years ago. All the while, the system has been busting [...]

By: March 6 Forum to Explore How Regional Bus Could Impact Nassau « Mobilizing the Region

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:11:38 +0000

[...] new structure could streamline operations and end annual feuds between the counties, state and MTA over funding the systems, allowing Long Island Bus to more [...]

By: Westchester on Regional Bus: Big Potential, Big Concerns « Mobilizing the Region

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:48:25 +0000

[...] Salley also brought up a consistent complaint of Westchester County, which is that Nassau County contributes only $10.5 million annually to Long Island Bus, a system with similar ridership volume and demographics to Bee-Line. Westchester contributed $30 million last year. It must be noted that LI Bus is managed and partially funded by the MTA, which could explain this difference even though the existing funding agreement between Nassau County, the state, and the MTA has its own problems. [...]

By: TSTC/RPA Forum to Explore What Regional Bus Could Mean for Westchester « Mobilizing the Region

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:05:57 +0000

[...] for running both systems. The new structure has the potential to streamline operations and end annual feuds between the counties, state and MTA over funding the systems, allowing Bee-Line to more quickly [...]

By: Inside the MTA Budget: Long Island Bus « Mobilizing the Region

Inside the MTA Budget: Long Island Bus « Mobilizing the Region — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:41:27 +0000

[...] those holes itself by raising fares another 20% and doubling paratransit fares. Nassau County has not increased bus funding in 5 years and gives less to the system now than it did in 1999, but there is cruel irony in the MTA asking [...]

By: Fifth Year’s the Charm? Groups (Again) Call on Nassau Legislature to Support Bus Service « Mobilizing the Region

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:32:07 +0000

[...] an increase in Nassau County’s contribution to Long Island Bus. The County has yet again proposed a budget which keeps its funding of the system the same as ridership and operating costs [...]

By: Proposed Budget Means More Of The Same For Long Island Bus — Transit Blogger

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:37:22 +0000

[...] here for the complete [...]

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:32:50 +0000

Boy am I glad we got rid of those Republicans and put some good ol’ transit-friendly Democrats in charge in Nassau!