Integrate, Simplify, and OMNYvate: On Track for Better MTA Fare Payment
The MTA’s commuter railroads currently have complex and confusing ticket systems for everyone involved— riders and workers included. But the…
Archives: Reports
Filling the Operating Gap: A Funding Tool
The MTA is facing a major fiscal crisis. Lower post-pandemic ridership and revenue left the MTA with a looming fiscal…
Bike and Pedestrian Access Recommendations
With the passing of the MTA Bike and Pedestrian Access bill signed by Governor Hochul, PCAC’s legislative mandate now includes…
Advocating for Riders Through COVID-19 and Beyond: 2020-2021 Annual Report
In the years since our city, region, country and planet were overtaken by the COVID-19pandemic, we’ve seen just how essential…
Freedom Ticket II: Now, More than Ever!
PCAC’s newest report, Freedom Ticket II: Now, More than Ever!, calls for expanding the Atlantic Ticket Pilot Program to commuter rail…
How the MTA can transition into the new normal: Getting Riders Back On-Board
While the MTA has taken numerous steps to address rider safety, and studies have shown that transit in and of…
PCAC 2019 Annual Report
In 2019, as the MTA embarked on several exciting and transformative initiatives, the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA…
2018 Annual Report
In 2018, the PCAC and its three councils celebrated the implementation of Freedom Ticket phase 1: Atlantic Ticket; penned an op-ed…
100 Days & 100 Nights: From Astoria to Lower Manhattan and Back
The New York City Transit Riders Council (NYCTRC) report, 100 Days and 100 Nights, documents a daily commute from Astoria…
2017 Annual Report
For over 40 years PCAC has represented MTA riders. Since being established by the State Legislature in 1981 it served…