"I want an appropriate preparation and study and analysis, we're not operating on a light-switch-turn to do some radical change and see if, what happens. That's not how the MTA works,"
"I'm expecting that with something of the magnitude that's being talked about that there's going to be a serious policy process. The one thing that I'm going to resist is bumper-sticker decision-making."
"Any change of this scale... has to be studied. We studied congestion pricing for five years."
Janno Lieber repeated long-standing skepticism about free-bus proposals during interviews six days before the mayoral election. Lieber emphasized the need for appropriate preparation, study, and analysis and compared the process to the five-year study of congestion pricing. Lieber said he would resist bumper-sticker decision-making and expected a serious policy process for changes of significant magnitude. He complimented the mayoral frontrunner as pro-transit. Multiple news outlets highlighted Lieber's free-bus comments in election coverage. A five-route pilot tied to the free-bus idea did not speed service and largely shifted riders from other routes or walking.
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