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🚇 Riders Alliance

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A 501(c)(4) membership organization of subway and bus riders in NYC, winning better public transit by organizing riders into a powerful constituency.

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · May 6

Riders deserve leaders who actually ride transit and are willing to fight for it.

Today, we’re launching a new political action arm to give millions of transit-riding voters a voice in deciding who will represent us!

Learn more: www.ridersalliance.o...

We’re launching a political arm to mobilize transit riders! — Riders Alliance

Today, Riders Alliance is launching a political arm to give riders an even more powerful voice in the decisions that shape our lives and our transit system. As New Yorkers decide who will lead our city––and our state next year––we are ready to infuse the political calendar with an unwavering vision

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abundanceny.bsky.social @abundanceny.bsky.social · 2d

Next year will bring a new mayoral administration, and it’s time to think big about improving our streetscape.

The @ridersalliance.org plan for Bus Rapid Transit is exactly the kind of visionary stake in the ground we need.

BRT saves time, and time is money in New Yorkers’ pockets.

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · 2d

What we're calling for isn't new or expensive. It's a recommitment from our next Mayor to build the projects Mayor Adams has abandoned, implement *real* BRT (not just red paint!), and to treat our buses and its millions of daily riders with respect and dignity.

🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · 2d

Thanks to analysis from People Oriented Cities, we know that upgrading buses on Utica Avenue to BRT-level service would result in 17-minute time savings — cutting the trip from Dekalb Ave to Kings Plaza by nearly 40%!

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · 2d

We know what we need (BRT!), we know where we need it, and after four years of waiting for City Hall to do what's needed to speed up the nation's slowest buses, we know what's missing — the political will to do it.

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · 2d

How can our next Mayor go beyond red paint and create a citywide network of fast, reliable, accessible transit service?

(hint: it's how we put the 'fast' in 'Fast and Free')

Read our latest report, Much Better Buses: It's About Time!
www.ridersalliance.org/news/its-abo...

Much Better Buses: It’s About Time — Riders Alliance

As we approach the end of four long years of waiting for faster bus service, waiting for leaders like Mayor Adams to build the network of bus lanes he committed to on the campaign trail, we’ve been pr...

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · 9d

Join Bus Riders for Zohran and sign up for our upcoming canvassing/textbanking shifts to help elect a Mayor riders can count on!

www.ridersalliance.org/bus-riders-f...

Bus Riders for Zohran — Riders Alliance

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · 9d

Riders Alliance endorses @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for Mayor of New York City for our first-ever political endorsement! youtu.be/j_zuBKPzpuM

Riders Alliance endorses Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor

YouTube video by Riders Alliance

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Aug 4

Sign our petition to demand fast, reliable, affordable, accessible buses throughout NYC!
action.ridersalliance.org/better-buses...

Sign your name in support of Better Buses!

Millions of NYC bus riders are stuck on the nation's slowest buses. Sign the petition calling on our leaders for Better Buses today!

action.ridersalliance.org

🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Aug 4

Here's 3 pieces of free game for our Mayor (or, y'know... the next one) to speed up the slowest buses in America.

You have any bright ideas to add to the list? Let us know!
youtube.com/shorts/4ni-x...

3 Ways to Speed Up NYC's Buses

YouTube video by Riders Alliance

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jul 30

With a fare increase to $3 on the way, we need action from City Hall to expand access to Fair Fares, improve automatic enrollment, and eliminate fares for those in poverty to ensure everyday, working New Yorkers can get from A-B reliably and affordably.
www.nbcnewyork.com/manhattan/mt...

MTA lays out fare hike timing; some proposed toll increases higher than expected: Sources

The good news is the MTA isn’t jacking up your subway or bus or commuter rail fares this year as planned. The bad news: The increase will still take effect in January, and some tolls will be going up ...

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jul 11

Sign the petition and join the fight for Better Buses on Flatbush Ave (and beyond!): action.ridersalliance.org/better-flatb...

Sign the petition: Build a Better Flatbush Avenue!

Right now, the B41 is running at an average of just 7MPH, leaving more than 130,000 daily riders stuck with long waits, wasted time, and lost opportunities as their bus slowly inches though traffic. T...

action.ridersalliance.org

🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jul 11

The buses on Flatbush Avenue kinda suck. But it doesn't have to be like that!

We hit the streets in the hot ass sun to talk Better Buses on Flatbush Ave! youtube.com/shorts/eP5I2...

Why the buses on Flatbush Avenue kinda suck

YouTube video by Riders Alliance

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jul 3

"We’re tired of being left behind. Fair Fares gave me some dignity back. Let’s give that chance to more New Yorkers."

From our member, Norma Ginez', op-ed in EL Diario.
eldiariony.com/2025/07/01/f...

Fair Fares Helped Me Survive, Now It’s Time to Expand It - El Diario NY

This expansion would make more than 415,000 additional New Yorkers eligible

eldiariony.com

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jun 25

Bus riders make New York possible. In Zohran, we finally have a mayoral nominee who sees us, values our time, and is ready to govern as our rider-in-chief.

Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jun 24

For us, today’s election is about more than choosing our next Mayor. It’s about showing that every day bus and subway riders are done being ignored.

Thanks to riders like you, we’ve been able to make a clear statement: Put riders first, or see you at the ballot box!

🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jun 23

Our top picks for transit-forward candidates to consider:

✅ Zohran Mamdani
✅ Brad Lander
✅ Adrienne Adams
✅ Zellnor Myrie
✅ Michael Blake
✅ Scott Stringer
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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jun 23

Riders need a Mayor who will fight for fast, reliable, affordable transit. Here’s how we make it happen:

1️⃣: DO NOT vote for Andrew Cuomo
2️⃣: Fill out your ballot with 5 candidates
3️⃣: We repeat – DO NOT PUT ANDREW CUOMO ON YOUR BALLOT
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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jun 23

Tomorrow is Election Day! Find your polling site: findmypollsite.vote....
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Find My Poll Site/View Sample Ballot

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jun 22

Reminder: Today’s the last day of early voting before Election Day this Tuesday, June 24!
Find your polling site: findmypollsite.vote....

There’s too much at stake in this election for bus and subway riders — your vote matters!

Find My Poll Site/View Sample Ballot

New York City election pollsite finder

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jun 11

Riders Alliance member Andrea Albayeros was featured in El Diario to talk about what inspires her to fight for better bus service on Flatbush Avenue, her grandmother.
eldiariony.com/2025/06/09/v...

Voices of passengers: Why I Fight for the Bus: For My Abuelita - El Diario NY

Flatbush is one of the most transit dependent neighborhoods in Brooklyn

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Council Member Shahana Hanif @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social · Jun 6

So proud to be part of the push to get the center-running bus model on the north end of the Flatbush corridor, which has some of the slowest speeds and highest ridership during peak hours 🚌

Big thank you to @ridersalliance.org iance for all of their work on this!
gothamist.com/news/brookly...

Brooklyn's Flatbush Avenue gets bus lanes, pedestrian islands under DOT plan

The overhaul aims to speed up buses in one of Brooklyn's most congested corridors.

gothamist.com

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jun 6

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jun 6

While we stand by our reasoning for encouraging voters to consider Senator Ramos, in light of her decision to endorse Andrew Cuomo — the antithesis of the values, policy, and communities we represent — we cannot in good faith recommend that riders include her on their ballots.

Updated slate coming.

🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jun 5

Let's talk about mayoral candidate Senator @jessicaramosqns.bsky.social — a daily transit rider with a consistent record of supporting public transit (who has proudly never had a driver’s license)!

Do you plan on ranking her? Where and why is she going on your ballot? youtube.com/shorts/OLjDw...

Do you ride the bus or subway? Plan on voting? Let's talk about Queens Senator Jessica Ramos

YouTube video by Riders Alliance

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jun 5

Do you ride the bus or subway? Plan on voting? Let's talk about Queens Senator Jessica Ramos

YouTube video by Riders Alliance

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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · Jun 4

More than 130,000 daily Brooklyn bus riders will enjoy fast, reliable, traffic-free commutes thanks to the efforts of over 1,800 petition signers, elected leaders, and community advocates who made this possible!

We organize, we win! 🚌✊
gothamist.com/news/brookly...

Brooklyn's Flatbush Avenue gets bus lanes, pedestrian islands under DOT plan

The overhaul aims to speed up buses in one of Brooklyn's most congested corridors.

gothamist.com