Comments on: Transit Fare Hikes Delayed http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/18/transit-fare-hikes-delayed/ Moving Together, Faster Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:29:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mike http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/18/transit-fare-hikes-delayed/#comment-14835 Mike Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:03:20 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/18/transit-fare-hikes-delayed/#comment-14835 The best way to help the county balane their budget and deal with these rediculous fare increases is to boycott miamidade transit. $1.00 is a fair amount for bus fare. its public transportation not a freaking limousine ride. The best way to help the county balane their budget and deal with these rediculous fare increases is to boycott miamidade transit. $1.00 is a fair amount for bus fare. its public transportation not a freaking limousine ride.

]]> By: tomas http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/18/transit-fare-hikes-delayed/#comment-6838 tomas Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:09:29 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/18/transit-fare-hikes-delayed/#comment-6838 This trend is unfortunately not isolated to Miami. In most American cities the costs of transit are passed onto the riders, who just happen to be the ones least able to pay (by and large). The costs and the disorganization are in part due to the planning of American cities which pushes workers away from the districts where they must work, and passes off the costs onto families via individual maintenance of vehicles and fuels. Those who can't manage the costs with the increasingly dire working conditions, have to rely on the decaying transit infrastructure still left standing. Wages aren't going up for us, but we're having to travel further as we get pushed out of our neighborhoods to make way for condos and gentrifying populations (who are often pushed out of their neighborhoods as well). As more and more of us are pushed to seek alternative modes of transportation, these contradictions are going to increase. It is time to start discussing and organizing transit riders' organizations which can work together with the transit workers to pressure the state through direct action to better transit, and launch fare strikes if need be. This trend is unfortunately not isolated to Miami. In most American cities the costs of transit are passed onto the riders, who just happen to be the ones least able to pay (by and large). The costs and the disorganization are in part due to the planning of American cities which pushes workers away from the districts where they must work, and passes off the costs onto families via individual maintenance of vehicles and fuels. Those who can’t manage the costs with the increasingly dire working conditions, have to rely on the decaying transit infrastructure still left standing.

Wages aren’t going up for us, but we’re having to travel further as we get pushed out of our neighborhoods to make way for condos and gentrifying populations (who are often pushed out of their neighborhoods as well). As more and more of us are pushed to seek alternative modes of transportation, these contradictions are going to increase. It is time to start discussing and organizing transit riders’ organizations which can work together with the transit workers to pressure the state through direct action to better transit, and launch fare strikes if need be.

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