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Recently word has gotten out about the MTA new york transit system which used to give free subway passes for 3 rides will later be changing it to half price passes. So children will have to pay half for each ride. Each full fare is around $2.50 and half fare will be $1.25(1.25 as well as coming and going trips and after school traveling trips). Many became outraged and cased petitions.During this the MTA was blamed for the decision to agree with it and became the ones we were against. The real issue was not the MTA who agreed but the state of new york who started this action.
The Problem now was to get the word out physically. Many have been forming protests which will be held on Monday 21. People have started calling the mayor which seems ridiculous, but might work. Petitions seem like the most effective right now as there are many petitions opening up. The main thing is being civilized ans standing up enough to have our voices herd so the poor kids arn't encouraged to hop turn slides or for many lazy children to ditch school to skate board or hang instead. Later leading to crime increases as many gangs have more free time to go parading their colors near neighborhoods. This might cause children to more or even drop out of scholarship programs such as SEO or enrichment programs such as THE DOOR provides. Many children would even change to worse schools near their homes. Maybe the state needs to look at the long term effects.
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