And here’s @NYCSpeakerCoJo riding the subway en route to his State of City speech at @LaGuardiaCC (reachable by the 7, N, W, E, M, R & G trains).pic.twitter.com/usJrVCfwcP
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Keeping with the transit theme, Johnson has an "entrance" to the Ditmars Blvd station on stage
@LaGuardiaCC. Looks like it leads underground, though, not to an elevated line.pic.twitter.com/9X2EFc0ysc
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Johnson lays out his plan for city control of New York City Transit in this 103-page report titled "Let's Go.". He'll soon begin laying out the details after walking on to the stage to David Bowie's "Let's Dance."pic.twitter.com/VsMIpGKwNS
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"If I were producing a musical about the New York City subway, it would be called 'Going Nowhere Fast,'" says one of the New Yorkers in a video that details their daily challenges while commuting.
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Crowding, delays, lack of accessibility for riders with disabilities, sagging subway reliability. The video is laying out what's ailing the city subway system. "We're all stressing out about inadequate transit," another commuter says.
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After rattling off a list of transit miseries - a Hunter College student who missed graduation because of a train delay, sinking bus ridership - Johnson says, "This is a ticking time bomb. If we can’t move people around, New York City can’t function."
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Some digs from
@NYCSpeakerCoJo at what the Governor and the Mayor have planned for the transit system... "Another committee to audit the back office of the MTA. Another series of press conferences. Another panel of academics. These are Band-Aid solutions to mortal wounds."2 replies 1 retweet 2 likesShow this thread -
"Municipal control means saying goodbye to the MTA," Johnson says to cheers from the crowd. "We’ll have a new system with a new name. We’ve been calling it Big Apple Transit. The BAT, for short."
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"Today I am here to say that if Albany doesn’t pass congestion pricing this session, the City Council will," Johnson says. We need congestion pricing now. The Council has the authority to pass a local law to toll our roads, and we are prepared to do it."
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How
@NYCSpeakerCoJo describes the@MTA: "It’s a Frankenstein’s monster of transit subsidiaries with a 3,000 person headquarters layered on top."2 replies 1 retweet 11 likesShow this thread
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