[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.”
Photo: Facebook
Riders Alliance
Riders Alliance: Time for Congress to Act on MTA
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
NEW YORK CITY OFFICIALS AND TRANSIT ADVOCATES CELEBRATE EXPANSION OF “FAIR FARES” PROGRAM
[“Fair Fares” Program Expansion]
Mayor Bill de Blasio: “Access to public transportation is a basic right—not a luxury for the wealthy. With Fair Fares, we are making our city fairer for low-income New Yorkers whose lives depend on mass transportation.”
Photo: Facebook
TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY GROUP RIDERS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[The Riders Alliance\Betsy Plum]
The Riders Alliance announced today that the organization has selected Betsy Plum as its next Executive Director…In her prior roles, Betsy Plum led the New York Immigration Coalition’s policy strategy and campaign development, rapid response initiatives, and played a key leadership role in the organization’s growth.
Photo: John Raskin\Riders Alliance
TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MTA AND GOVERNOR CUOMO: WE NEED BETTER SERVICE—NOT MORE POLICE
[Transportation News\MTA Policing]
State Senator Alessandra Biaggi: “Instead of spending $249 million on a new police force, the MTA should increase bus and train service or make much-needed repairs to our ailing public transportation system. At a time when the MTA is already operating in the red, spending millions to hire more police officers is nonsensical and will just contribute to the over-policing of low-income New Yorkers and communities of color.”
Photo: Danny Pearlstein\Riders Alliance
NY TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES TO MAYOR DE BLASIO: TIME TO DELIVER ON “BETTER BUSES ACTION PLAN”
[New York\Transportation]
Riders Alliance Campaign Manager Stephanie Burgos-Veras: “Mayor de Blasio promised riders 25% faster buses. Now he needs to deliver for two million daily riders citywide.”
Photo: Danny Pearlstein (Riders Alliance)
NY TRANSIT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES TO GOVERNOR CUOMO: INVEST IN MTA SERVICE UPGRADES NOT MORE MTA POLICE
[New York News\MTA]
Riders Alliance Community Organizer Danna Dennis: “Riders need more subways and buses, not an expensive new police force. Governor Cuomo should cancel his order for the MTA to hire new police officers it cannot afford and doesn’t need. The governor needs to face the facts: crime is down and ridership is up. New Yorkers need more service and less surveillance, more public transit and less abuse of the public trust.”
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
