A program to make some of the MTA's buses fare-free won't last as long as Gov. Kathy Hochul previously promised.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.A program to make some of the MTA's buses fare-free won't last as long as Gov. Kathy Hochul previously promised, according to budget bills published by lawmakers in Albany this week.
"That will hopefully pave the way to more people getting back onto the system, which will increase the usage and the ridership as well as make it safer, which is a priority for so many of us," Gianaris said. Last Friday, MTA Chair Janno Lieber said the bus lines the MTA will pick for the pilot can’t share street space with other bus routes. He said that would make the effects of free buses easier to study and prevent the free routes from coaxing riders away from money-making lines.. Lieber said the MTA will take that into account when implementing the free bus pilot.
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