Group Project: MTA's Service Cuts and Your Commute
The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
In this group project, we ask you to go through the MTA's budget proposal below and help us understand how New Yorkers will be affected. Here's how:
1) Click on the link below to access the budget proposal.
2) Read pages 19-23, which provide an overview of the service cuts.
3) Comment below, telling us where you live, what your commute is like, and how the service cuts will affect you.
4) Be specific! Note: The proposal below is the Nov. document. Several minor changes have been made since, the most relevant being slight decreases in the level of fare hikes. Current estimates are that: the express bus fare will rise to approx. $6.25, not $7.50 as proposed below; the base subway fare could rise to $2.50; the cost for a 30-day metrocard could be as high as $100. Again, these are all estimates, and the purpose of this group project is primarily to focus on the affect of service cuts.
2) Read pages 19-23, which provide an overview of the service cuts.
3) Comment below, telling us where you live, what your commute is like, and how the service cuts will affect you.
4) Be specific! Note: The proposal below is the Nov. document. Several minor changes have been made since, the most relevant being slight decreases in the level of fare hikes. Current estimates are that: the express bus fare will rise to approx. $6.25, not $7.50 as proposed below; the base subway fare could rise to $2.50; the cost for a 30-day metrocard could be as high as $100. Again, these are all estimates, and the purpose of this group project is primarily to focus on the affect of service cuts.
