The Daily News featured www.haltthehike.org, the WFP’s joint campaign with Straphangers to keep subways and buses affordable and reliable:
New battle launched to freeze subway fare
Monday, August 4th 2008, 10:06 PM
Foes of the fare hikes that went into effect this year are reactivating their “Halt the Hike” battle cry.
The Working Families Party and Straphangers Campaign want to rally commuters against MTA plans to raise MetroCard and other fares next year.
The groups, which plan to go to stations citywide, have reopened the www.haltthehike.org Web site and are urging the public to send e-mails to Gov. Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg.
“New York exists because of a good transit system and you can’t just have the riders carrying the full freight because the whole society depends on it,” said Dan Cantor, Working Families Party executive director.
The Daily News launched a “halt the hike” newspaper campaign in October, while advocates launched parallel efforts. In November, then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer directed the MTA to scale back the planned increases and keep the $2 base bus and subway fare stable - but MetroCard prices rose.
