Don’t hate on Metro-North riders from the Nutmeg State because they’re blueblood banker guys who won’t let a bunch of kids build a wiffleball park.
Hate on them because Connecticut is exempt from the major price hikes that seem to be in the works, sayeth a dear rider/reader.
Greetings,
I’m curious as to why there’s been so little attention paid to the impact of the MTA Doomsday budget on Connecticut Metro North riders. Specifically, why isn’t the fare increase affecting Connecticut Metro North riders? With the Doomsday budget soon to be in place, a trip from Connecticut to Grand Central will cost less than a trip from stations within New York to Grand Central. This is just one more example of how state governments in Albany and Hartford have different agendas with respect to mass transit.
Perhaps it’s time to eliminate the fragile “regional” transportation agreement between New York and Connecticut.
Signed,
A Frustrated Metro North Rider from Mamaroneck
MTA does not operate the CT portion of the Metro-North railroad – its a Connecticut DOT service.
As a NY resident, how would you expect MTA to vote on raising your fares in Mamaroneck to subsidize the Connecticut Department of Transportation?
PS Albany’s agenda to transportation is ‘your’e on your own MTA, don’t look at us!’
Hartford’s agenda to transportation is ‘we continue to operate CT Metro-North service in a manner which does not require us to raise fares (yet)’