Op Ed
Transportation
How to Pay for the MTA
May 22, 2015
The MTA is vital to the region’s economic well-being. Its mass transit services, seven bridges, and two tunnels comprise a $1 trillion asset. On an average weekday, the system’s trains and buses move people on more than 8.5 million trips, and nearly three out of four people entering Manhattan’s central business district do so via an MTA facility.