I must be missing something here. Less people are taking mass transit hence they have a shortage of cash flow. To resolve the problem they talk about increasing fairs. The idea of cutting back on transit workers is something they do not even want to consider, because it will effect the quality of their service.
That's the part I don't get. If ridership is down, then you should be able to cut back on service. If less people are coming to my department store, then I need less people to run it. Make sense? Look at the LIRR. My afternoon train is 5 cars long and they have 3 conductors on the train to look at your tickets. One stop past Jamaica there job is done and they have nothing to do for the next 2 hours. Do you think maybe 2 conductors could handle that trying task. They would both have to check one more car that would take all of 5 minutes.
Or how about this, an idea suggested by my co-worker Jim... lower the fares, and more people will choose mass transit.
New York Daily News - City News - Can you spare $14?
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