Getting off the buses * USA - Transit union is both bidding for and suing over new van lines
Replace buses with dollar vans on the city's least trafficked, most inefficient routes
New York,NY,USA -The NY Daily News -August 12, 2010: ... The Transport Workers Union is making the Metropolitan Transportation Authority an offer the agency cannot refuse... With or without the TWU's blessing, the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission is on the verge of awarding franchises to dollar-van fleets that will operate along the routes of five bus lines that recently fell victim to MTA budget cuts... On the one hand, the union sued to block the program. On the other, the union bid to run the service on all five lines with its own van fleet... The union is promising a fare of only $1, half the TLC's $2 maximum. Schwartz says drivers will earn about $25 an hour, roughly what the MTA paid, plus benefits... That would be a good deal for passengers. The single-ride cash fare on traditional buses is $2.25, and the average per-ride charge for the most cost-effective MetroCard, the unlimited 30-day card, is 99 cents if the card is used 90 times... It would also be a great deal for taxpayers, who would not subsidize the trips, as they now do for all bus and subway service... Yes, the numbers sound too good to be true. But dollar vans are enormously popular, and the TWU may be banking on capturing far more riders along the routes than the buses did... (Photo from hawthornestreet: the illegal dollar vans)Labels: replacing buses, vans
posted by Unknown @ 10:27 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home