• irotsoma
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    03 months ago

    As long as that money is spent on public transit improvements, I think it’s a great idea for many large cities.

    • Phoenixz
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      3 months ago

      is spent on pubic transit

      Hahahahahaha

      Oh sorry, I thought you were joking. Of course they won’t

      • @[email protected]
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        03 months ago

        is there any particular reason you’re saying that besides cynicism? I am having trouble finding specifics, but there’s a lot of reporting that the MTA is expecting to raise $15 billion from congestion tolling to fund public transportation repairs and improvements and pretty much all of the proposals for this in the past required all of the revenues to be earmarked for use by the MTA

        • @[email protected]
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          13 months ago

          People are so used to how bad things are they don’t trust improvement, even when it’s real.

          • @[email protected]
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            -13 months ago

            don’t trust improvement

            *By a corrupt government which has proven itself to mismanage funds as a default.

            Can’t really speak to NYC local but time will tell. Although to give them credit, most NYers I’ve met enjoy their public transportation. But the admonishment of general government expenditure distrust is completely valid imo

            • @[email protected]
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              13 months ago

              NYC as an institution has many hard-working people at all levels dedicated to their communities.

              The mayor, however, is a worthless self-serving piece of shit that sold out to foreign nationals, and a good chunk of the city elite are corrupt one way or another.

              It’s a very, very mixed bag.