It looks like the Long Island MTA bus service will lose 27/43 lines that run through Nassau County.
Cutting service will be a major problem for low income workers who primarily take the bus as transportation to and from work with no other means of getting there.
The MTA Proposal does have some rationale to it and they do their best to make it legitimate.
Basically, they're axing the service because County Executive Mangano won't cough up an additional $27 million this year and is protesting the cost as an
unfair fiscal strain on Nassau County.
(Courtesy of Kriston Lewis' Photostream)
Just a few weeks ago it seemed however that our politicians were able to very easily "save the bus service."
Politicians Jack Martins and John Ciotti are both of note for having served their constituents well and ensuring that an alternative solution would be reached for the near future. The State Senate and the MTA approved some additional funding for this fiscal year, as well as some extra money for next year to keep the bus lines running in relative entirety through 2012.
This will become an issue again in 2012-2013 however.
The MTA will not sit around and take the ultimate burden of financial responsibility and when this agreement expires something new will have to be done, whether it be Mangano's plan to privatize the service or some government conceding additional funding to the MTA for the bus service to continue to run in relative inefficiency.
Check out my Podcast on the topic below!
Cutting service will be a major problem for low income workers who primarily take the bus as transportation to and from work with no other means of getting there.
The MTA Proposal does have some rationale to it and they do their best to make it legitimate.
Basically, they're axing the service because County Executive Mangano won't cough up an additional $27 million this year and is protesting the cost as an
unfair fiscal strain on Nassau County.
Just a few weeks ago it seemed however that our politicians were able to very easily "save the bus service."
Politicians Jack Martins and John Ciotti are both of note for having served their constituents well and ensuring that an alternative solution would be reached for the near future. The State Senate and the MTA approved some additional funding for this fiscal year, as well as some extra money for next year to keep the bus lines running in relative entirety through 2012.
This will become an issue again in 2012-2013 however.
The MTA will not sit around and take the ultimate burden of financial responsibility and when this agreement expires something new will have to be done, whether it be Mangano's plan to privatize the service or some government conceding additional funding to the MTA for the bus service to continue to run in relative inefficiency.
Check out my Podcast on the topic below!
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