so zoo yawk officially mash up

[jah_yout]

they voted to o.k. the transit fare-increase & service cuts

and bloomberg with his false outrage...and gov. patterson- mi nuh know weh him really fah;

aye sah- canada/england/jamaica/africa/papua new guinea
here i come

[Tuff Gong]

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How much is the fare now?

[gourmet]

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Just watch, NYC property taxes are going to go up up up, services down, prices up, and chase people out of the city.

[jah_yout]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
How much is the fare now? </div></div>

$2.50 base fare;
$103.00 for monthly pass
weekly pass going up $6.00
bi-weekly pass going up $12.00
two train lines eliminated
many more cut back
several bus lines (like 20 or so) eliminated

what a ting!

[RichD]

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dem eliminate 2 whole train lines

[Tuff Gong]

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I bet they didn't touch the 2 and the 5?

[jah_yout]

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After much speculation and the local papers preparing commuters for what was to come, the MTA made their official budget proposal today and as expected, the cutbacks were dramatic. In addition to the slashing of the W and the Z lines among other cuts listed Tuesday, today's 2009 budget also included the following:

-Increasing weekend wait times by 25% on most lines

-Raising express bus fares from $5 to $7.50

-Getting rid of the X27 and X28 express-bus lines as well as 25 overnight bus routes

-Eliminating a total of 2,700 jobs

-An additional 250+ job cuts on the LIRR and Metro-North

-Slowing down the renovation of Grand Central Station and cutting back on its maintenance and cleaning

-Reducing facility security and truck weight enforcement personnel on bridge and tunnel crossings

-An even greater reliance on E-Z Pass Lanes over Cash ones

-A 23 percent fare and toll increase proposal and alternate year fare and toll increases starting in 2011

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mr_troyout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">-Getting rid of the X27 and X28 express-bus lines as well as 25 overnight bus routes </div></div>In other words admitting that there were no real express when travelling in NY and removing the overnight moving homeless shelters!

[kia027]

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what 2 train lines?

NY will slow down a bit &amp; will then bounce back.. same thing happened in the 70s in NY

[jah_yout]

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the 'w' and 'z' are outta here

[jah_yout]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I bet they didn't touch the 2 and the 5? </div></div>

dem know betta...carib people would show their wrath (especially haitians)

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mr_troyout</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I bet they didn't touch the 2 and the 5? </div></div>

dem know betta...carib people would show their wrath (especially haitians) </div></div>The train on those routes were built in WWII don't it?