Silver to MTA: Keep Subway Fare at $2 at LoHo10002

So ridership is up in the subway and down on the thruway, gee I wonder why. Gas prices are higher than I have ever seen them, I just paid 331.9 for a gallon it’s becoming un-affordable to drive. So we here in Western New York get punished with toll increases. It’s not like we have a choice or an alternative route to take especially here on Grand Island.

It does make me wounder though if it is Spitzer pushing for these higher tolls, after all his budget is 4.3 Billion in the red.

Silver to MTA: Keep Subway Fare at $2 at LoHo10002

Gov. Eliot Spitzer abruptly announced yesterday that he was shelving a plan to raise the base subway fare, saying that an unexpected increase in ridership and other revenues have made it unnecessary. This coincided with a statement from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Speaker we received today:

Silver to MTA: Keep Subway Fare at $2 at LoHo10002

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