Hello, New York! After a short interruption, we’re putting on a Meetup next Thursday to get things started. Task #1 is spreading the word.
We know:
- the trains could run like clockwork, and twice as often, ending waiting and crowding
- while the MTA doesn’t even give us arrival times, even South American subways have WiFi
- new lines and buses could serve long-crowded and underserved areas of the city, giving people better access to families, friends and jobs, if the MTA were able to deliver
But how do we get the word out? How do we let the people know that instead of delays, indifference and stagnation, they could have the brilliant trains of Copenhagen or Paris, or the constant subway expansion of Tokyo?
This meeting is to organize and plan our first public actions. Our first reaching out and shaking up the public.
Among the first options to consider:
- Clever Public Awareness Campaigns: Get people thinking with clever new takes on the subway
- In-Station Outreach: Go where the people are, when and where they meet the often frustrating forces of the MTA
- Video Competition: Enlist the aid of creative New Yorkers in developing a short viral videos via an online video competition
- Politician Outreach: Meet with politicians themselves and make the case that a better MTA will mean better lives and more prosperity for all New Yorkers
And we’re open to many more.
Join us at Sidebar on Thursday, 11/19 to help put together an awesome plan and make it happen!
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