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AGENCY TESTIMONY
The critical role of public transit in New York's equity and economy
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Demetrius Crichlow emphasizes the vital importance of New York City's transit system to the city, region, and country, highlighting its role in promoting equity and driving the economy.
- The transit system enables millions of people to access work, school, healthcare, and city amenities daily
- It serves as a force for equity, providing equal access to different parts of the city for the same fare
- Public transit is described as one of the few factors making New York affordable
- Crichlow stresses that the transit system is the economic engine of the state
Demetrius Crichlow
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The transit system is too important to the city, to the region, and to the country to allow the perception of safety or the lack of it to chase people away.
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It's how millions of people every day get to work, school, doctors, and everything the city has to offer.
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It's a force for equity.
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For the same fare a stockbroker can travel from the Upper East Side to Wall Street, and a nurse can travel from Jamaica to Elmer's Hospital.
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It's one of the few things that makes New York affordable, and it's the economic engine of the state.
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The question now is, do we keep pushing forward or do we go backwards?