🚇 Riders Alliance
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A 501(c)(4) organization of NYC bus and subway riders, winning better public transit by organizing riders into a powerful constituency.
Quick Update: @mayor.nyc.gov's Office of Mass Engaement, NYC DOT, and kicked off public outreach for the Next Stop: Faster Buses plan with a Central Brooklyn Town Hall to discuss their plans to bring Bus Rapid Transit to Flatbush, Church, and Utica Avenues! 🚌💨 youtube.com/shorts/Bzu0d...
Bus Rapid Transit is coming to Flatbush, Church, AND Utica Avenue. Let's talk about it 🚌💨
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At a groundbreaking for the Fordham Road offset bus lane DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn says the lanes will help people “visit some amazing destinations like the Bronx Zoo, Fordham University, the New York Botanical Garden, Little Italy.” Whose leaders all kiboshed the project under Mayor Adams
Today was a big day for bus riders! Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul stood together with member leaders from Riders Alliance to release a major new plan to speed up and improve bus service across the five boroughs.
Riders are increasingly concerned that @mayor.nyc.gov's budget priorities aren't meeting the needs of working New Yorkers facing $3 transit fares and ramped up fare enforcement efforts. We spoke to bus riders in Brooklyn, here's what they had to say: youtube.com/shorts/okEzT...
We talked to bus riders in Brooklyn about $3 transit fares and the Mayor's budget
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"For a slight increase of up to $170 million, the city can expand Fair Fares to cover people making up to 350% of the poverty line — putting thousands of dollars a year back into the pockets of people who truly need it." www.amny.com/editorial/ed...
Editorial | City Hall must make the most of ‘Fair Fares’ for eligible New Yorkers | amNewYork
As they work out the final details of the new city budget this month, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin need to find common ground not
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We've got less than a month to win funding to deliver affordable transit to millions of New Yorkers. Take a sec to call your @council.nyc.gov member TODAY and tell them to negotiate a budget with funding to expand Fair Fares! (we made it super easy!) 📲⇣⇣ riders.nyc/callem
Rider Call Day — Take Action to Expand Fair Fares!
Rider Call Day: Call your NYC Council Member to Expand Fair Fares! Mayor Mamdani’s released an executive budget that included ZERO new funding for transit affordability, despite being at the core of t...
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Oh snap! It's MTA Board meeting recap time! The hottest topics this month were the LIRR strike, taking transit to the beach this summer, the new bus report dropping any day, keeping buses cool, and more! Yeah, that's a lot, but admittedly they're all hot topics in our book. 😎 youtu.be/cEni2kPdqL4
MTA Board Meeting Recap - May 2026
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Quick update: @mayor.nyc.gov released an executive budget with ZERO funding for affordable transit — no free buses, no Fair Fares expansion. So now, riders have 2 questions: What exactly happened to 'fast and free', and what do we do now? Let's talk. youtube.com/shorts/AvOqz...
The Mayor's budget has ZERO funding for affordable transit — what happened? 🤨🤔🤔🧐
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As we applaud DOT advancing long-awaited bus improvements along Flatbush Avenue's northern end, our calls for fast, reliable bus service along the entirety of the Flatbush corridor to Kings Plaza continues. Mayor Mamdani, let's keep Flatbush Ave movin'! 🚌💨
Great morning to be out at NYC City Hall rallying in support of Fair Fares expansion! Thank you to @ridersalliance.org, @cssnyorg.bsky.social for your partnership and @speakermenin.bsky.social, @cmhudson33.bsky.social and @shaunabreu.bsky.social for your incredible leadership!
A new Streets Plan is due this year, and it's perhaps Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's greatest opportunity to define his vision of faster buses, safer streets, and a built environment that prioritizes connecting New Yorkers above all. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/05/01/o...
Opinion: Mamdani's New Era For Bus Riders Starts With A Bold 'Streets Plan' - Streetsblog New York City
We need a whole-of-government approach to fixing our slowest-in-the-nation buses.
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Next Wednesday, the @council.nyc.gov Transportation & Infrastructure and General Welfare Committees will hold a joint hearing specifically about Fair Fares (expansion and automatic enrollment!). 📢 Speak up! Join us to Rally + Testify for Fair Fares! ➠➠➠ riders.nyc/testify
Quick update: Faster buses and traffic-free commutes are on their way for over 130,000 riders! But we aren't done yet. There's still a whole lot of Flatbush Ave in need of major improvements down to Kings Plaza, and we're ready to keep up the fight to win it! 🚌💨 youtube.com/shorts/eZKXq...
Quick Update: Faster Buses are coming to Flatbush Avenue!
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Expanding Fair Fares and making buses free are not opposing goals. We applaud the ambition at the core of @mayor.nyc.gov's affordability agenda, and Fair Fares plays a key role in furthering that agenda by offering free and half-price transit to millions of New Yorkers *now*.
Ethan Stark-Miller@estarkmiller.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt is increasingly unlikely that Mayor Mamdani’s proposal free bus proposal will come to fruition this year. In the meantime, transit advocates want him to embrace a more immediate step: Expanding Fair Fares, the city’s reduced fare program. www.amny.com/news/fair-fa...
“Time is money, and, too often, our city has taken both from working people who rely on our buses,” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social wrote in a statement. “These center-running bus lanes will give New Yorkers back something precious: time with their families, time at work, time in their communities.”
Gothamist@gothamist.com · 4mo agoNYC to drivers: Avoid northern part of Flatbush Avenue as street gets bus-friendly rebuild gothamist.com/news/nyc-to-...
Does anyone actually read those emails we send to elected officials? Or do they just disappear into a spam folder somewhere out in cyberspace? 🤔 Let's find out! We emailed @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social about Fair Fares then went to their office to see where it ended up. youtube.com/shorts/huFD3...
Where do all our emails go?
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Update: Riders won funding to make bus + subway rides *completely free* for those who currently qualify for Fair Fares, but millions of working-class NYers still need the Mayor and NYC Council to expand access to families earning up to 300% of the federal poverty level. youtube.com/shorts/dGOTc...
❗️Update: Riders Won Free Transit (and we aren't done yet!)
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Dispatches from the Sunset Park, Flatbush Ave, and Elmhurst crews, and we're just getting started!
🚇 Riders Alliance@ridersalliance.org · 5mo agoBecause riders organized to demand it, we've secured a commitment from @council.nyc.gov to fund free transit for low-income NYers who need it most — but we aren't done yet! Today, we're canvassing at 8 transit hubs in all 5 boros to bring thousands of new riders into the fight to expand Fair Fares!
Because riders organized to demand it, we've secured a commitment from @council.nyc.gov to fund free transit for low-income NYers who need it most — but we aren't done yet! Today, we're canvassing at 8 transit hubs in all 5 boros to bring thousands of new riders into the fight to expand Fair Fares!
New York City Council@council.nyc.gov · 5mo agoNearly 1 million low-income New Yorkers could get free subway and bus rides under the Council’s proposed expansion of Fair Fares. This plan builds on a program that already helps working people afford transit by covering the full cost for those who need it most.
Today at 1pm: Policy & Comms Director Danny Pearlstein joins experts from the London School of Economics and Political Science for a panel exploring the definition of a fair and inclusive transportation system in a modern global city. Watch online: lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu...
The Inclusive City: Transport Equity in New York and London
6.00pm Monday 30 March | Kate Ascher, Sam Schwartz, Val Shawcross and Tony Travers | Registration Required | Free hybrid public event at the LSE
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Still having issues with OMNY? Tell us about it!
Having issues with OMNY? Tell us about it! Since its launch, our members have reported numerous issues using OMNY, some of which MTA has addressed. We’d like to get a better understanding of what ongo...
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🙄👍🥱😴💤: one rider @'ing MTA to complain about $3 fares 💫🚌🔥📈💰💥🌎: one million riders demanding affordable transit together! Join us outside next Thursday, April 2 — find a Fair Fares Citywide Day of Action canvass near you! ↓↓ riders.nyc/doa
Our Better Buses Virtual Organizing Meeting starts in 20 minutes at 6pm! Come join us to learn more about the building blocks to building better buses and our plan to win a citywide action plan from Mayor Mamdani 🚌💨 Join via Zoom → ridersny-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Better Buses Virtual Organizing Meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Despite a new fare hike and the fact that 1 in 5 riders struggle to afford the fare, the preliminary budget seem to exclude expansion of the Fair Fares program. In the final budget, riders expect the Mayor and Council to broaden eligibility and deliver free/reduced bus and subway fares to 2M NYers.
New Yorkers deserve a fare cut! Today, riders rallied on the steps of City Hall to call on Mayor Mamdani and our elected leaders to bring free and half-price transit to over 2 million New Yorkers!
It's been a rough week of frigid hikes over mountains of ice for riders and a gargantuan feat of governance to keep millions of us moving through it all, but here we are — the bus stops are clear! www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
Still digging out: Mamdani says city has cleared mounds of snow from 100% of bus stops with shelters, days after winter storm – amNewYork
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday said thousands of city workers and contractors have made a significant dent in clearing the 8 to 15 inches of snow that buried
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Access to fast, reliable public transit is a *right*. By expanding Fair Fares eligibility to more working families, Mayor Mamdani can eliminate transportation costs as a barrier to opportunity for over 2 million New Yorkers!
This Transit Equity Day (next Wednesday, February 4), join our calls on the steps of City Hall to expand the Fair Fares program and deliver free and half-price transit to over 2 million New Yorkers! RSVP: action.ridersalliance.org/ff-226/
Riders for Affordable Transit Rally @ City Hall | Wednesday, February 4
City Hall, New York, NY 10007 Wednesday, February 4, 2026 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST google Google Calendar ical Apple Calendar outlook Outlook Calendar Riders for Affordable Transit Rally @ City Hall Join ...
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