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Picture of the Week: Fare Hike Advocacy Continues

The initial set of MTA hearings on the agency’s “doomsday” plan to raise fares and cut service ended last week (there is one more hearing, scheduled for March 2 in Orange County), but advocates from the Empire State Transportation Alliance and the Campaign for New York’s Future haven’t let up.

On Tuesday, ESTA representatives were again in Albany to meet with state legislators who must vote on the Ravitch Commission’s proposals to fund and reform the MTA. The picture above is from Thursday, when Campaign members continued direct action in Brooklyn subway stations, garnering signatures to send to Gov. David Paterson and members of the State Legislature (add your name here).

Finally, TSTC and the Regional Plan Association (who are members of both ESTA and the Campaign for NY’s Future) held a forum today on how regional bus, one of the Ravitch report’s recommendations, could affect the funding structure and service quality of Westchester’s Bee-Line bus service. The forum brought together mayors and state legislators who will vote on regional bus and whose constituents would be affected by regional bus, the Westchester officials who plan and run bus service, international experts, and many other stakeholders.  Participants generally agreed that a regional bus authority could mean a better funded Westchester bus system that could provide better service, but there were many questions regarding what institutional structure would be most effective. These bus improvements could happen only if the Ravitch Commission’s funding proposals pass the State Legislature.

MTR will have more on the regional bus forum next week. We resume publication on Tuesday.

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