Access-A-Ride Reform Group (AARRG!)
Date: 2019
Image Description: A photograph of a protest sign critiquing the MTA’s Access-A-Ride paratransit service and proposed fare increases. The main body features bold, hand-drawn black lettering formatted like a math equation alongside an illustration of a finger pressing a calculator: “MTA: ACCESS-A-RIDE BUDGET….. 4-hour delays + crazy detours + bad service = 9% fare hike?! It doesn’t add up!” Along the bottom border are the logos of five coalition organizations: AARRG! (Access-A-Ride Reform Group), BCID (Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled), CID-NY (Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY), Mobilization for Justice, and NYLPI (New York Lawyers for the Public Interest).
Creator: New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI)
Date: 2019
Image Description: A color photograph of approximately fifteen disability rights advocates—including four people in motorized wheelchairs in the front row and others standing behind them—gathered inside the lobby of MTA Headquarters for a 2019 protest. Protesters hold various signs reading “ELEVATORS NOW,” “THE MTA CAN AFFORD TO MAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT ACCESSIBLE! The People’s MTA / Fund Elevators NOW!,” “MTA: ACCESS-A-RIDE BUDGET… 4-hour delays + crazy detours + bad service = 9% fare hike?! It doesn’t add up!,” and “We rise!!! NO ACCESS-A-RIDE FARE HIKE!!!”