Instead, Authority executives have tolerated the general proposal of “more service” while keeping it at a safe distance.

MTA leadership hasn’t passionately embraced six-minute service, though transit analysts have suggested it’s both possible and would increase ridership. Hochul, who controls the MTA, must now negotiate a final budget that provides city riders, who delivered her historic election victory, the frequent subway and bus service we deserve,” Plum added.

By neglecting the long waits that discourage people from riding transit, the proposal also fails in its attempt to fix the MTA. “We’re the ones losing pay, missing school and medical appointments, and arriving late to pick up our kids, all because of infrequent, inequitable transit service. “The legislature’s budget ignores millions of riders stranded 12, 15, 20 minutes or more on subway platforms and at bus stops,” said Riders Alliance Executive Director Betsy Plum. Those advocates, needless to say, are pissed off. Hochul’s budget proposal.īut left out of the budget was another important ask from transit advocates and even some state lawmakers: $300 million to increase bus and subway service to every six minutes during off-peak hours. Legislators in Albany on Tuesday trotted out a way to fill the MTA’s fiscal hole, avert a fare hike, fund a small pilot of free buses across the city - and even steal a little money from New York City - in their counter-offer to Gov.

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