Comments on: New Subway Ads Call for Action on Transit Funding http://blog.tstc.org/2009/02/23/new-subway-ads-call-for-action-on-transit-funding/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:28:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: bob http://blog.tstc.org/2009/02/23/new-subway-ads-call-for-action-on-transit-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-1037 bob Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:13:37 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=3561#comment-1037 I really question whether this will be an effective campaign. 103 bucks to take any subway or local bus, to go anywhere within city limits (which is quite a lot of territory although most Manhattanites wouldn't know it) as many times as you want/need in a month comes to a bit over 3 bucks a day. Seems like a pretty good deal to me. I think they'd do better emphasizing the service cutbacks proposed, which are pretty brutal. I really question whether this will be an effective campaign. 103 bucks to take any subway or local bus, to go anywhere within city limits (which is quite a lot of territory although most Manhattanites wouldn’t know it) as many times as you want/need in a month comes to a bit over 3 bucks a day.

Seems like a pretty good deal to me.

I think they’d do better emphasizing the service cutbacks proposed, which are pretty brutal.

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