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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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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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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It's disappointing, because there have been dramatic changes.
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Ferrer can't even get heard competing against this grotesque spending.
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Twenty-five years ago, your trains broke down all the time, they were covered in graffiti and you had no incentive to use transit. Billions of dollars later, your trains are reliable and you get discounts the more you use the system. The lesson of all this is, if you invest in transit, the riders will come.
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There have been criticisms that this fare discount program would only help tourists. We respectfully disagree and think that the bulk of the savings went to regular customers.
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The words 'defense contractor' kind of worries me.
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This is a necessary consequence of maintaining the system.
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Arbitration - in which the rank and file will have no vote - is a recipe for potential unrest for years to come.
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A rash of broken machines is not expected. The board is doing a better job of training poll watchers and they're maintaining the machines better.
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Most people feel that there's an angry and indifferent god that runs the subway and it's sort of lashing out at you.