CUNY Student Senate supports #freepublictransit

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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/ 

Beware the opportunist - good twitter thread!

Demands for free public transportation are becoming louder in NYC so opportunist, careerist politicians like Nydia Velazquez are trying to push for weak, half-assed reforms to stop people from continuing to demand FREE, HIGH-QUALITY public transportation. https://t.co/erQbIEFOz1

— Ash J (@AshAgony) November 19, 2019

Free transit - not free parking

Trade free parking for free transit: An idea that would reduce congestion and fund mass transportation https://t.co/QaGSDWi8A1

— Donald Shoup (@DonaldShoup) November 13, 2019

Details of racist terrorizing arrest in NY subway

In case you’re wondering how an arrest in NYC goes down. The guy has made absolutely no indication that he would flee or fight and wasn’t trying to hide.

If you can’t see, the reason everyone moved was because all the police had taken out their guns and aimed at him. pic.twitter.com/dAstrtMntz

— Elad Nehorai (@PopChassid) October 25, 2019

People in NYC protest against racist terror over fares

People protest NYPD policing the MTA by mass hopping the turnstiles pic.twitter.com/Roli76gPMX

— barely informed with elad 🕵🏻‍♂️ (@elaadeliahu) November 2, 2019

Racist terror continues in NYC

NYPD tasered and arrested 2 teenagers for fare evasion. It’s important to note that @NYCMayor @NYGovCuomo have stationed NYPD at train stations located in the poorest Black Latinx neighborhoods in NYC. #NoNewCops pic.twitter.com/q7W5XAV25m

— Achmat X (@AchmatX) October 29, 2019

Fare-evasion crackdown is just racist terrorism

More than 60 percent of people arrested for fare evasion in the second quarter of the year were black or African-American, according to the most recent fare evasion data published by the NYPD. Another 25 percent were listed as “Hispanic.”

https://queenseagle.com/all/people-of-color-account-for-85-percent-of-fare-evasion-arrests

Racist fare-enforcement continues

NOW: 7 cops arrest young Black man at Nostrand Ave A/C train station for supposed fair evasion. 7 cops, 2 squad cars & supervising officers for fair evasion. Community members rallied, took video & are meeting the man at the precinct. This is why we #SwipeItForward pic.twitter.com/OjfHk6RKWv

— Dave George (@davidgeorge265) October 19, 2019

Fare enforcement a waste of taxpayer money - #freeischeaper

There are a gaggle of cops checking tickets on the M14 this morning at each stop along 14 ST. A truly incredibly waste of time and energy for everyone involved.

Public transportation should be fare-free. We can afford to do it and we can’t afford not to. #freepublictransit pic.twitter.com/NIJdc4qPr9

— Peter for New York (@PeteHarrisonNYC) October 15, 2019