@weebdeluxe Believe me, many of us aren’t happy about it. Thirty years ago, we bought our home on a street three doors away from a bus arterial which started to diminish 10 years ago. Now past retirement age, with limited mobility, I’d planned to ride the bus to my gym in the neighborhood center (and used to when I could walk better). Recent signage has removed the county bus line. With my EV it’s difficult to park near the gym, even with disabled permit.
#nofares #hostility

I absolutely respect bus drivers' right to not have to put themselves in danger collecting fares. But the best solution would be to just do what I've been advocating for the subway, as well:

Don't have a fare.

Make it free to ride. Just pay for the whole thing with taxes. (Congestion pricing would help with that, and fuck Gov. Hochul.)

https://gothamist.com/news/why-the-mtas-bus-drivers-dont-enforce-the-fare

#NewYorkCity #NYC #MTA #BusDrivers #PublicTransit #pubtrans #CongestionPricing #NoFares #fareless #urbanism

Why the MTA’s bus drivers don’t enforce the fare

The MTA is struggling to get New Yorkers to pay to ride the bus, in no small part because drivers don’t enforce the fare.

Gothamist