This week the Riders Alliance released a statement on proposed MTA Service Cuts and Fare Hikes.
Riders Alliance Organizing Manager Stephanie Burgos-Veras said:
"Time is running out...
Leaders representing a coalition of 55 organizations across a broad spectrum of New York's economy and civic life will rally online today to advance the MTA's call for an additional $3.9 billion...
Leaders of 55 organizations representing a broad spectrum of New York's economy and civic life today strongly backed the MTA's call for an additional $3.9 billion to rescue public transit service...
Lyft announced its partnering with non-profits to provide essential transportation services.
Lyft today announced it is partnering with several New York-based non-profit organizations to...
New York Attorney General James says certain medical transportation providers are violating prohibited COVID-19 guidelines.
New York Attorney General Letitia James today ordered 78 medical...
During COVID-19 outbreak how many people are there using New York City subways and buses?
The Riders Alliance, New York's grassroots organization of subway and bus riders, kicked off an...
A citywide day of action has been called for this Wednesday, in New York City, by transit advocates demanding Governor Andrew Cuomo deliver on accessibility for the proposed new MTA subway...
Riders Alliance Campaign Manager Stephanie Burgos-Veras, speaking on behalf of the Bus Turnaround Coalition, said:
"The changes in the Bronx bus redesign are important to over 600,000...
New York Attorney General Letitia James today sent a notice of claim for $810 million to the City of New York.
The notice alleges that it fraudulently inflated the price of thousands of...
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) last week announced the list of construction firms deemed qualified to submit proposals to design and build the MTA’s Metro-North Penn Access...
On Monday, February 3rd, 2020, Council Member Inez Barron, Assembly Member Charles Barron, Brooklyn Community Board 5, and concerned community residents will gather to demand that the MTA...
City Council Speaker Johnson and the de Blasio Administration yesterday announced open enrollment for the City’s Fair Fares program.
All New Yorkers living at or below the federal poverty...
The Riders Alliance, which organizes subway and bus riders to win reliable, affordable public transit and make New York a more equitable city, announced today that the organization has selected...
A broad citywide coalition of progressive grassroots organizations, public transit riders, and elected officials convened outside MTA headquarters Tuesday evening to call on Governor Andrew M....
Riders, advocates, and elected officials fed up with slow bus service snapped photos of New York commuters demanding priority for buses on city streets in every New York neighborhood.
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