BRU Urges MTA Board members to reject 35-year MTA Transportation Plan that Calls for Permanent Fare Increases and/or Bus Service Cuts, while Expanding Highway, Rail and Subway

Who:	Dozens of Bus Riders Union members, cultural workers, Korean drummers and allies
What:	Rally and Street Theatre to bring awareness to Thursday's MTA Board of Directors vote on the 2009 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), a 35 year regional plan that calls for permanent fare increases and bus service reductions. Theatre Skit: BRU Super Pasajera (Bus Riders Wonder Woman-type Super Hero) and other bus riders take on the MTA's LRTP Legion of Doom composed of MTA's Bus Slasher, Rail-Dracula, and the Highway Devil.
When:	Wednesday, October 21st at 3:30pm
Where:	MTA Headquarters, on the corner of Cesar Chavez and Vignes at the northeast MTA entrance

"Don't Get Haunted by Permanent Fare Increases - Stop MTA's Racist Long Range Transportation Plan!"

The Bus Riders Union, bus riders and their allies will be urging the public to call on MTA Board of Directors to reject the 2009 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) draft that calls for permanent fare increases and bus service reduction. While MTA's budget has grown by $1 billion over the past two years, MTA still claim a "structural operation deficit" and move towards creating a fare policy that would impose never-ending fare increases and service cuts on bus riders, all the while moving towards aggressive highway and rail expansion.

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