What Needs To Happen With The MTA? (A G Train That Runs, Maybe?)
The MTA Reinvention Commission, which you may not have heard of but which held three very last minute public hearings last week, is offering New Yorkers who missed out on the comment periods each day a chance to voice their concerns about and suggestions for the transit organization.
Streetsblog and Crain’s have perhaps the most thorough coverage of the commission, which Governor Andrew Cuomo reportedly requested from MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast in May and which assembled in late June–and whose plan for change is due by October 1.
Check out the commission’s survey, keeping in mind topics to consider like climate change, population growth, energy efficiency, institutional barriers, and more–and if you choose to disclose your email, you’ll be updated about future Reinvention Commission events. You can also follow the commission on Twitter and Facebook.
Reforms are slated to be made over the next 100 years (so, maybe the great-grandkids will know what it is to have a G train that runs?), but since everything else surrounding the commission is being done on such a short timeline, maybe we’ll be seeing changes made sooner than we think.
