Riders Alliance takes a hike to protest subway fare increase
They took a hike to protest the hike.
Members of the transit advocacy group Riders Alliance came to Bay Ridge on Sunday and took a hike from the 86th Street R train station to 77th Street station to protest a proposal by the MTA to increase subway and bus fares in 2019.
“As a Medicaid recipient, my income is limited, and this fare increase would make it difficult for me to survive. If the fares continue to rise, while able bodied people will be able to walk or ride a bike, I will be left without an affordable and accessible transportation system, and no way to get around this city where I have lived for 14 years,” Riders Alliance member Elizabeth Melas of Gravesend said in a statement.