Successful Fare Strike This [Wednesday] Morning - Tens of Thousands Ride NYC Subways for Free | OccupyWallSt.org

Signs resembling Metro Transit Authority notices were posted  on the subway walls of stations around New York City. Photograph: strikeeverywhere.net

Successful Fare Strike This Morning - Tens of Thousands Ride NYC Subways for Free | OccupyWallSt.org: "This morning before rush hour, teams of activists, many from Occupy Wall Street, in conjunction with rank and file workers from the Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Amalgamated Transit Union, opened up more than 20 stations across the city for free entry. As of 10:30 AM, the majority remain open. No property was damaged. Teams have chained open service gates and taped up turnstiles in a coordinated response to escalating service cuts, fare hikes, racist policing, assaults on transit workers’ working conditions and livelihoods — and the profiteering of the super-rich by way of a system they’ve rigged in their favor."

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NYC: If you give in to fear, the terrorists win.

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Bloomberg says mass #transit should be free

It's Hizzoner to ride train - NY Daily News: "Bloomberg had responded with an engineer's detachment some people take as indifference. He noted costs would keep going up and that the money will have to come from somewhere."
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"I would have mass transit be given away for nothing and charge an awful lot for bringing an automobile into the city," he said.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/hizzoner-ride-train-article-1.223682#ixzz1pAwzHgE7
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Petition: Metropolitan Transit Authority: Preserve the G Train Extension | Change.org

Petition: Metropolitan Transit Authority: Preserve the G Train Extension | Change.org: "The G links Brooklyn neighborhoods that otherwise are not readily accessible to one another by bus or subway. The MTA has severely cut the G train's route in Queens. The extension into Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Kensington was one boost in service after years of cuts and fare hikes. The G train is our Brooklyn Local. We need to preserve the G train extension!"

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Fare Free Mass Transit in WNY – Is it possible?

Fare Free Mass Transit in WNY – Is it possible?: "Let’s now imagine a system without fare boxes on its buses and light rail cars, where passengers freely board these mass transit vehicles to go to work, school, or shopping (nationally these three categories comprise 75% of all mass transit rides). Further imagine the same system safely transporting our aging population, encouraging increased urbanization, reducing traffic congestion, avoiding the need for roadway expansion costs, parking lots, and also providing increased health and environmental benefits."

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