Gene Russianoff
Gene Russianoff
Gene Russianoff is staff attorney and chief spokesman for the Straphangers Campaign, a New York City-based public transport advocacy group that focuses primarily on subway and bus services run by New York City Transit. At the same time, Russianoff has also served as a government reform advocate for NYPIRG...
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If it works ... that would be great, but it should be subject to rigorous, tough testing.
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It's probably a tricky one for Freddy because it's really his constituents that are the most hurt by a fare hike.
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It's about time that riders here enjoyed the same timely arrival and delay information that systems around the world have had for years.
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They know where the people are. But what are they doing for the people they're handing the literature to?
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It's just troubling that they would try to push it forward when there are technical concerns, community concerns and their own consultant is questioning the wisdom of it.
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It was shocking, in some ways, that somebody who couldn't do business with the city could do data business with the MTA,
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It was staggering that he's already spent $47 million to get elected.
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For many people they don't have a choice. They take the 4 and the 5 and they have to go through Midtown. If you can take the local, the No. 6, that's a good idea and you definitely have to give yourself extra time. The Transit Authority says there'll be delays of 10 minutes, which always means to me that it will be a lot longer than that.
For everyone, it was a challenge. For many people, it was a hardship. They couldn't get to a doctor's appointment, they couldn't get to the office.
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It's disappointing, because there have been dramatic changes.
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I'm not big on the mayor taking the subway. That doesn't make up for the fact that he cut the city's contribution to the MTA capital program from $100 million a year to $75 million. It doesn't make up for his voting for the first fare hike and cuts in elevator operators and station booth attendants.
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I'm not big on the mayor taking the subway, ... That doesn't make up for the fact that he cut the city's contribution to the MTA capital program from $100 million a year to $75 million. It doesn't make up for his voting for the first fare hike and cuts in elevator operators and station booth attendants.
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I'm worried about the politicians trying to use the money for things that make them look good and still leave the riders holding the bag.
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I can't fault them for picking a defense contractor, given all the public pressure to make the subways more secure.