Tag: public transportation

Regressive Taxation Again

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 9, 2020

New York could raise money for its financially desperate public transportation by creating a wealth tax on the richest people in the world who live there (or “live there” given the amount of foreign cash stashed in high-end real estate near Central Park where the owners rarely ever visit). Or it could create a regressive […]

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This Day in Labor History: January 13, 1966

By Erik Loomis

On January 13, 2020

On January 13, 1966, the New York City transit strike ended. This strike was notable both for the public sector unions putting newly elected New York Mayor John Lindsay in his place and in being the e

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Bus lane hero

By djw

On August 15, 2019

One subset of what we might call “Seattle twitter” has been debating how we should think about the woman in this video: https://twitter.com/JaimeSeattle/status/1159268600391196673 This wom

The Subway

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 1, 2015

It’s amazing the New York subway system works at all. But the fundamental reason the MTA is so hard to fix, say transit experts both inside and outside the authority, goes back to those antediluvian switches. The MTA runs one of the largest transit systems in the world on a budget that’s dependent on the […]

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BART Anti-Union Propaganda

By Erik Loomis

On August 2, 2013

So I had my evening in San Francisco tonight (thanks for the suggestions by the way, had a good time in the Mission! Even got some authentic San Francisco prices at a bar, which was a joy.) Anyway, wh

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The Little Things that Really Hurt the Poor

By Erik Loomis

On June 16, 2013

The state of Louisiana (and the voters themselves) have cut off funding for the last operating ferry in New Orleans. Big deal, right? Who takes the ferry anymore? The answer here is a lot of poor Afri