{"id":4249,"date":"2009-01-09T09:21:10","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T14:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/?p=4249"},"modified":"2009-01-09T09:21:10","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T14:21:10","slug":"tell_them_i_gave_at_the_office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/01\/tell_them_i_gave_at_the_office.html","title":{"rendered":"Tell Them I Gave At The Office!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aren&#8217;t we already being environmentally conscious by riding mass transit in the first place? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/01\/09\/nyregion\/09green.html?partner=permalink&#038;exprod=permalink\">I&#8217;d argue yes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning a hefty fare increase, but it thinks that some environmentally conscious riders might want to voluntarily pay even more for the privilege of riding on a crowded train or bus.<\/p>\n<p>The authority said on Thursday that it was considering a &#8220;green MetroCard&#8221; program that would let riders make donations to help pay for making its operations more environmentally sustainable. The program would also apply to commuter rail tickets and E-ZPasses. <\/p>\n<p>The idea was among dozens of proposals in a $1 million report by a commission appointed by the authority to recommend ways to lessen the adverse environmental impact of its operations. <\/p>\n<p>Under the program, whose details are still being developed, riders buying MetroCards or commuter rail tickets at station vending machines could tack on an extra charge in the form of a tax-deductible contribution for green projects, said Ernest Tollerson, the authority&#8217;s policy director.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aren&#8217;t we already being environmentally conscious by riding mass transit in the first place? I&#8217;d argue yes: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning a hefty fare increase, but it thinks that some environmentally conscious riders might want to voluntarily pay even more for the privilege of riding on a crowded train or bus. The authority [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-followed_by_a_perplexed_stroke_of_the_chin","category-i_dont_get_it"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4249"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4251,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249\/revisions\/4251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}