NYCT/Straphangers Gives Subways Best Report Card Yet, But fare hike might be coming soon Options

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From the New York Times:

The Straphangers Campaign, a transit advocacy group, issued its annual report card yesterday on the state of the city's subway system, awarding the most positive marks since it began rating the lines eight years ago. The group declared that trains are cleaner and less crowded, and that they break down less often and give better announcements.

But the report comes a week before the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the parent agency of New York City Transit, is to release its projected 2005 operating budget, which could bring an increase in the price of unlimited-ride MetroCards and a broad array of service cuts to close a $540 million budget gap.

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