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Nov 6, 2007 10:03 am US/Eastern

Straphangers Speak Out Against MTA Fare Hike

Call On Governor Spitzer To Boost MTA Funding

Reporting
Magee Hickey

More than 75 speakers gave the MTA an earful Monday.
 
Their message was loud and clear: they do not want to pay a quarter more to ride the city's subway and buses.

One rider said "This is no way to run a system...the service stinks." Another said: "I say 'hell no' to a fare hike." Yet another added, "I can't even see my feet the train is so crowded."

The proposed plan would raise the base bus and subway way to $2.25, but it would also introduce an off-peak ride of $1.50. There would also be a new 14-day discounted metrocard, as well as a 6 percent raise for Metro North and Long Island Railroad riders and for those who use MTA-run bridges and tunnels.

The MTA says they need $300 more from Albany to save them."There is no such thing as a free lunch," said Eliot Sander, exececutive director of the MTA.

The head of the straphangers campaign brought a life-size cardboard-cutout of Governor Spitzer, saying he's the only person who could do something about a fare hike. 

But the real governor was non-commital. "We have been having meetings to discuss what we can afford, how much we can put in. I'm not going to give specific numbers now," Spitzer said. 

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