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It is about time they keep up with rest of the world. NYC is a 24 hour city? What about Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris, London . . . none has a 24/7 subway system and their subway makes ours look downright third world. They have just as much night life as we do.
A 4 hour break in service a day will actually allow MTA to keep up with cleaning/repair of the subway, so there is less issues during rush hour when it MATTERS. It is a great, great change. I don't mind them increasing fare to $3 each way if they can get rid of the filthy homeless smells in subways and make it look anywhere near a world class city's subway. No one is looking for luxury here, but is it too much to ask for clean stations/cars?
Simply force a flat rate on cabs from Manhattan to any of the five boroughs (plus tolls), similar to going from JFK to Manhattan, and we are all set. People who think NYC subway is acceptable has never used subways in other world class cities.
It is the only way, do it MTA!
If the bolded price is too low, people will be faced with a cab shortage.
The 24 hour nature of the subway system is big draw to the young population that pours into this city each year. Young people I know who have lived abroad in the cities you mentioned often complain about those systems' daily shut down. I'm sure the restaurant workers and such who work in manhattan but live in the bowels of the outer boroughs wouldn't be happy about this either.
I don't know what is happening with the MTA but someone needs to seriously look at their books and find out where the mismanagement of finances is coming from.
I have to say, I agree with Fred. Disband the corrupt MTA and return our transit system back to the original NYCTA!!!
Incidentally, here's a little fact that nobody either at MTA or up in Albany cares to have people debating:
When MTA was first created (1965), Mayor John Lindsay, who had just taken office, expressed reservations. So before he would agree to allow New York City Transit to become part of the new organization, he insisted that the city had to have an "out" clause. Rather than allow Lindsay to interfere with his plans, Governor Rockefeller agreed to this.
And so, very much like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz (who had the power to go home all the time because of the ruby slippers, but just didn't realize it), New York City has the power to remove NYCT from MTA. Unfortunately, what we don't have is a mayor with the guts to demand that separation. True, the first Mayor who does is going to find himself in a bad situation with the politicians upstate--but the fact remains that the city has the right to do this.
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I agree with Fred
