[Riders Alliance\MTA]
Riders Alliance: “Time is running out and Congress must act now to save millions of riders who depend on trains, buses, and paratransit to get around.”
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Article: Transit
Transit
Riders Alliance: Time for Congress to Act on MTA
NY LEADERS TO HOLD ONLINE RALLY DEMANDING CONGRESSIONAL FUNDING FOR MTA
[MTA\COVID-19\Congress]
Leaders of Powerful Advocacy, Business and Labor Groups To Amplify MTA’s Call for Federal Rescue Funds to Prevent Collapse of Nation’s Largest Transit System.
Photo: YouTube
NEW YORKERS TO CONGRESS: OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM NEEDS MORE IN FEDERAL COVID-19 AID
[MTA\COVID-19]
“New York will not return to work and other aspects of our lives primarily in automobiles. We not only need the MTA to continue to function through the worst of the crisis…”
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LYFT PARTNERING WITH NON-PROFITS TO PROVIDE COVID-19 TRANSPORATION SERVICES
[LyftUP & Non-profits]
Lyft will provide free ride credits to these organizations through LyftUp, Lyft’s comprehensive effort to expand transportation access to those who need it most.
Photo: Twitter
ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDERS MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS TO STOP ENDANGERING NEW YORKERS
[COVID-19 Medical Transportation]
Attorney General James. “For these companies to continue to conduct group medical transport rides in the face of an explicit prohibition during the unprecedented outbreak of a highly contagious disease, is simply and completely unacceptable.”
Photo: YouTube
WHO IS RIDING NYC SUBWAYS AND BUSES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC?
[COVID-19\MTA Transit]
Riders Alliance’s Betsy Plum: “Many New Yorkers continue to rely on public transit even while living in fear of contracting and spreading the Coronavirus…public transit is a lifeline even during a pandemic health crisis.”
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NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADVOCATES ANNOUNCE WEDNESDAY CITYWIDE ACTION INITIATIVE ON SUBWAY ACCESSIBILITY
[MTA Subway Accessibility]
Riders and advocates will kick off a citywide, multi-platform photo-petition drive urging Governor Cuomo to fund the MTA’s station accessibility plan, delivering an on-time MTA capital program and rolling out congestion pricing.
Photo: YouTube
RIDERS ALLIANCE SAYS MTA MUST WORK CLOSELY WITH OFFICIALS ON BRONX BUS REDESIGN
[Final MTA Bronx Bus Redesign\Riders Alliance]
Riders Alliance’s Burgos-Veras: “As the redesign rolls out, the MTA should work closely with Mayor de Blasio and the DOT to implement the City’s planned bus lanes and other street priority treatments for major Bronx corridors by the end of this year.”
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NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SUE TAXI AND LIMOUSINE COMMISSION CHARGING MEDALLION FRAUD
[Taxi & Limousine Commission\Fraud]
Attorney General James: “Government should be a source of justice, not a vehicle for fraudulent practices.”
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