🚇 Riders Alliance

Every day, more than 1 million New Yorkers ride the bus. So why are we put last on our streets? We're launching a campaign to build the power we need to win FAST, FREE, and FULLY-FUNDED bus service for every rider in every borough. Sign the petition and join the movement at fixthebus.nyc

Fun fact: better stops make buses move faster! 🚌💨 Let's talk about all-door boarding and why @mta.info is finally looking to put those fancy "ENTER FRONT DOOR" signs to good use. youtube.com/shorts/TSMnI...

At a groundbreaking for the Fordham Road offset bus lane DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn says the lanes will help people “visit some amazing destinations like the Bronx Zoo, Fordham University, the New York Botanical Garden, Little Italy.” Whose leaders all kiboshed the project under Mayor Adams

"For a slight increase of up to $170 million, the city can expand Fair Fares to cover people making up to 350% of the poverty line — putting thousands of dollars a year back into the pockets of people who truly need it." www.amny.com/editorial/ed...

We've got less than a month to win funding to deliver affordable transit to millions of New Yorkers. Take a sec to call your @council.nyc.gov member TODAY and tell them to negotiate a budget with funding to expand Fair Fares! (we made it super easy!) 📲⇣⇣ riders.nyc/callem

Oh snap! It's MTA Board meeting recap time! The hottest topics this month were the LIRR strike, taking transit to the beach this summer, the new bus report dropping any day, keeping buses cool, and more! Yeah, that's a lot, but admittedly they're all hot topics in our book. 😎 youtu.be/cEni2kPdqL4

As we applaud DOT advancing long-awaited bus improvements along Flatbush Avenue's northern end, our calls for fast, reliable bus service along the entirety of the Flatbush corridor to Kings Plaza continues. Mayor Mamdani, let's keep Flatbush Ave movin'! 🚌💨

Great morning to be out at NYC City Hall rallying in support of Fair Fares expansion! Thank you to @ridersalliance.org, @cssnyorg.bsky.social for your partnership and @speakermenin.bsky.social, @cmhudson33.bsky.social and @shaunabreu.bsky.social for your incredible leadership!

A new Streets Plan is due this year, and it's perhaps Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's greatest opportunity to define his vision of faster buses, safer streets, and a built environment that prioritizes connecting New Yorkers above all. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/05/01/o...

Next Wednesday, the @council.nyc.gov Transportation & Infrastructure and General Welfare Committees will hold a joint hearing specifically about Fair Fares (expansion and automatic enrollment!). 📢 Speak up! Join us to Rally + Testify for Fair Fares! ➠➠➠ riders.nyc/testify

Quick update: Faster buses and traffic-free commutes are on their way for over 130,000 riders! But we aren't done yet. There's still a whole lot of Flatbush Ave in need of major improvements down to Kings Plaza, and we're ready to keep up the fight to win it! 🚌💨 youtube.com/shorts/eZKXq...

Expanding Fair Fares and making buses free are not opposing goals. We applaud the ambition at the core of @mayor.nyc.gov's affordability agenda, and Fair Fares plays a key role in furthering that agenda by offering free and half-price transit to millions of New Yorkers *now*.

“Time is money, and, too often, our city has taken both from working people who rely on our buses,” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social wrote in a statement. “These center-running bus lanes will give New Yorkers back something precious: time with their families, time at work, time in their communities.”

Hey! Would a Riders Alliance work? Let's talk. www.ridersalliance.org/actnow

Does anyone actually read those emails we send to elected officials? Or do they just disappear into a spam folder somewhere out in cyberspace? 🤔 Let's find out! We emailed @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social about Fair Fares then went to their office to see where it ended up. youtube.com/shorts/huFD3...

Today at 1pm: Policy & Comms Director Danny Pearlstein joins experts from the London School of Economics and Political Science for a panel exploring the definition of a fair and inclusive transportation system in a modern global city. Watch online: lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu...

Having issues with OMNY in 2026? Tell us about it and help inform our ongoing organizing work to fix it! talk to us⇩⇩⇩ action.ridersalliance.org/omny/

Oh hey wow we're on 𝒕𝒊𝒌𝒕𝒐𝒌 now btw 👁️⇢📱⇢ 🌐 ⇶ www.tiktok.com/@ridersallia...

🙄👍🥱😴💤: one rider @'ing MTA to complain about $3 fares 💫🚌🔥📈💰💥🌎: one million riders demanding affordable transit together! Join us outside next Thursday, April 2 — find a Fair Fares Citywide Day of Action canvass near you! ↓↓ riders.nyc/doa

Our Better Buses Virtual Organizing Meeting starts in 20 minutes at 6pm! Come join us to learn more about the building blocks to building better buses and our plan to win a citywide action plan from Mayor Mamdani 🚌💨 Join via Zoom → ridersny-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

It's been a rough week of frigid hikes over mountains of ice for riders and a gargantuan feat of governance to keep millions of us moving through it all, but here we are — the bus stops are clear! www.amny.com/news/mamdani...

This Transit Equity Day (next Wednesday, February 4), join our calls on the steps of City Hall to expand the Fair Fares program and deliver free and half-price transit to over 2 million New Yorkers! RSVP: action.ridersalliance.org/ff-226/

Join this community meeting on improving bus service south of Grand Army Plaza on Flatbush Avenue, hosted by @ridersalliance.org! Our co-published research shows how bus delays disproportionately affect low-income Flatbush residents. Read our full report: prattcenter.net/our_work/bet...