Welcome MTA Chair nominee Jay Walder

Tell MTA Chair nominee Jay Walder that expanding and improving public transportation must be a priority for the MTA!

With a strong background in public transportation, Jay Walder could be just the person to fix our transportation system and prepare it for even more riders, but he has a big job ahead of him.

Millions of New Yorkers rely on the MTA's subway, buses and trains. In the coming years, New York’s population will increase by another million. To handle those additional riders, New York will need a transit system that not only increases capacity and reaches now underserved communities, but contributes to growing our economy and improving our environment.

Help make sure MTA Chair nominee Walder knows that it's essential for NYC's economic and environmental sustainability to improve our public transit system for the long term.

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Dear Chair nominee Walder

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As a New Yorker who recognizes how important the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is to a vibrant and healthy New York, I'm writing to congratulate you on your nomination to be Chair of the MTA.  Like me, I'm sure you appreciate the importance of the MTA not just to its riders, but to the streets, neighborhoods, businesses, and environment of New York.

While the MTA's subway, bus and rail routes move millions of people every day, long-term sustainability must also be a top priority.  In the coming years, even more riders will turn to the MTA's subway, buses and trains, and we need a system that is ready for them.

As Chair of the MTA, I hope you will make expanding and improving our public transportation a top priority.  New York needs a transit system that increases capacity and reaches now underserved communities, helps grow our economy and improves our environment.

Boosting subway, bus and rail capacity can be a vital part of cutting down on traffic congestion. An improved transportation system can move more people faster, while simultaneously reducing pollution and improving access to our city's neighborhoods and businesses.

In the coming years -- and in the coming decades -- a bigger and better public transportation system will become ever more vital to New York.  I sincerely hope that, under your leadership, MTA will help keep New York a great place to live and work.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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