Say NO to a $3 transit fare in New York City!

Fare Ain’t Fair campaign goes to Brooklyn’s streets

Sept. 21 — The Fair Ain’t Fare Campaign took the struggle against outrageous cost of riding the subway or a bus to Brooklyn today. More than 50 people rallied outside the Parkside Avenue Q and B train station Sunday afternoon to demand a rollback of the current $2.90 fare.

That’s 58 times what it was in 1948. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) wants to increase it to three bucks, a 60-fold increase.

The Fare Ain’t Fair Campaign wants a rollback of the fare, which is a transportation tax on poor and working people. The effort was initiated by the December 12th Movement and is supported by other people’s organizations.

Speakers at the rally included human rights attorney Roger Wareham, a member of D12’s international secretariat. It was pointed out that the MTA shells out $2.8 billion every year in tax-free interest to the banks and wealthy bondholders.

Those are the real robbers, not poor folk who jump the turnstiles or sneak past a fare box. As the Fare Ain’t Fair Campaign says, the poor won’t pay more!

It was because of the campaign and the people’s anger that the MTA delayed the planned increase until January 2026. The people can stop it!

Protesters marched on the home of MTA CEO Jenno Lieber, who calls the fare hike a “fare adjustment.” Lieber, who hauled in $400,000 last year, doesn’t have to worry about a $3 fare.

The activists found plenty of supporters marching down Flatbush and Church avenues. After leaving Lieber’s house, they held a final rally in front of the Church Avenue Q and B train station.

You can contact the Fare Ain’t Fair Campaign at fareaintfair@protonmail.com

Roll back the fare, coast to coast!