Immediate Relief is Needed at the MTA
Senator Jeff Klein has put forth a bold proposal to bring desperately needed relief to the crumbling and often times dangerous infrastructure of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the hardworking New Yorkers who rely on it every day to travel to work and school.
The Rider Relief Plan is broken up into two phases that will ensure funding for both immediate repairs as well as a long term solutions. The first phase will be to fund the MTA’s emergency repair plan that will cost approximately $863 million and calls for New York City to divert a portion of it’s $7 billion in sales tax revenue to pay for half of it. This infusion of cash will be used to fix broken signals, expand the number of subway cars overhauled each year, hire additional personnel and create specialized teams to speed up track repairs, all of which will help to avoid delays and derailments in the future.
The second phase of Senator Klein’s Rider Relief Plan includes installing speed cameras in front of every New York City school zone that will simultaneously make our streets safer for students and parents while dedicating the penalties towards further improving the mass transit system and making it more affordable for commuters. As part of the plan, subway and bus fares would be frozen for all riders through 2019, discounted fares would be offered to those whose earnings are under the Federal Poverty Level and Express Bus fare would be cut in half.
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