> the MTA is kind of shit The organization, sure. However, the transportation complaints seem to be more of a publicity stunt than anything^. I've lived in NY

> the MTA is kind of shit The organization, sure. However, the transportation complaints seem to be more of a publicity stunt than anything^. I've lived in NY for 30+ years, NYC for 10 of that. Excluding a few subsections, public transportation as a whole has barely changed in my 15 years of using it (regarding the numbers, part of my time I did as a commuter from the 'burbs). ^ In regards to taxes. A summary of my comments the last time this came up: NYC residents pay a ton in taxes and get little back. Our state taxes get moved upstate and our federal taxes go to poor states. I really think it's just trying to put pressure on our representatives to be a bit more "selfish" as to what happens with our taxes. Both the MTA and Metro North are owned by the state. One of them has 300k daily riders, the other has 5.5m daily riders. 150k of those MN riders end up in the city everyday, so both groups are using state owned products, one group is potentially using BOTH (I always did when I commuted from Westchester to the financial district). The 4 commuter lines combined (NJTransit, PATH, LIRR, Metro North) have 1/3 the total daily ridership of the subway, but get almost double the amount of subsidies from state coffers.