Candidate for NYC City Council calls for #freepublictransit

@Vote4Beckford

NY-12 Candidate for Congress releases plan for #freepublictransit

Yesterday I became the first federal candidate to introduce a plan to make all public transportation 100% free, accessible, and green.

The Freedom of Movement in America will take back our streets and cities from cars, sprawl, and pollution! #free2move https://t.co/TCs5sUNtRS

— Peter for New York (@PeteHarrisonNYC) February 5, 2020

Congress candidate joins protest against bus service cuts, calls for #freepublictransit

Enough, @NYGovCuomo. Your disregard for our diverse communities shows exactly why my call to nationalize public transit and make it free and accessible for ALL is so urgent. Stop these cuts now. pic.twitter.com/O47LBDbZuj

— Lauren Ashcraft for NY-12🌹 (@VoteAshcraft) February 3, 2020

NY-15 Candidate for Congress supports #freepublictransit

@SamelysLopez

NY-12 Candidate for US Congress calls for #freepublictransit

@PeteHarrisonNYC

I’m running to protect the 72% of residents who are home renters through the Homes Guarantee, to pass fare-free transit as part of a Green New Deal for Cities, and to fight for a four day work week for all working families in the New Economy of Care.

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-letter-january-26-20200126-4umylvqiczgr5adlxrywkjadlu-story.html 

Fare-free Staten Island proposed

Borough President James Oddo is asking the MTA to consider launching a one-year pilot program, offering free rides on Staten Island’s SIM express bus system to reduce congestion by incentivizing mass transit use.

https://www.silive.com/news/2020/01/should-mta-consider-free-bus-service-for-staten-island.html 

NY-12 US Congressional candidate supports #freepublictransit

@VoteAshcraft

Candidate for NY State Assembly supports #freepublictransit

@rontkim

CUNY Student Senate supports #freepublictransit

@USSCUNY

How to "find" money for #freepublictransit in NYC

All budgets are a statement of priorities. Here are several other ways the MTA could reorder its priorities:

• Put a halt to boondoggles like the Second Avenue subway project, which cost a princely sum but are of little use to most commuters. Building the new Second Avenue line from 63rd Street to 96th Street cost more than $4 billion. A planned extension to 125th Street by 2029 is projected to cost $6 billion — and the digging hasn’t even begun.
• Expand dedicated bus lanes, for a fraction of the cost of building new underground lines. This will make it easier to connect people across the outer boroughs, where a lack of mass-transit options is a chronic problem.
• Ensure that spending on vitally important capital programs such as updating the subway system’s archaic signal system, doesn’t spiral out of control.
• Scrap Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to hire an additional 500 subway police officers at a cost of more than a billion dollars over the next 10 years, according to the conservative Empire Center. That’s a lot of dough to spend on an affirmative action program for bullies.

https://indypendent.org/2019/12/how-to-stop-fare-evasion-make-the-subway-free/