Tired of holiday cheer and tired of shopping, time to get angry and get active because the MTA has proposed huge budget hikes!!!Can you imagine your 30-day ticket going from $81 to $105? And your single ride fair (on multiple ride ticket prices) going up from $2 to $2.50?
The Straphangers group is campaigning to FIGHT THE FARE HIKE!
The gov. is bailing out financial firms - who's bailing out public transit users??? If there's one thing New Yorkers can agree on, its that we don't want our public transit prices to go up, especially as folks lose their jobs and a slowing economy.
Stephen Millies, an Amtrak worker, tried to insult the MTA agency chief by threatening to throw his shoe at him.
