MTA Chair Janno Lieber on Wednesday threw cold water on his agency's ongoing free bus pilot program, expressing concern that it 'sends the wrong message' to
Lieber made the remarks in conversation with Crain’s New York Business Editor Cory Schouten, at the organization’s Power Breakfast at the New York Athletic Club on Wednesday morning.
The pilot is intended to gauge what impact free service may have on ridership levels, bus speeds, and service delivery. But the MTA has not yet made any data collected from the pilot available to the public, though New York City Transit President Richard DaveyLawmakers want to extend and triple the size of the MTA’s fare-free bus pilot.
The decision to include it in the budget has not yet been finalized, but Lieber told reporters outside the New York Athletic Club that despite his reservations, “if it is part of the budget, then we will implement it in good faith.”
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