Zohran Mamdani: “It would reduce assaults on bus drivers.”

“It would cost $700 million a year to make the slowest buses in the country fast and free. And by doing so, we would generate more than double an economic, economic revenue for New Yorkers across the city. It would reduce assaults on bus drivers. it would increase ridership on those buses, and it would actually have environmental impacts as fewer New Yorkers would drive their own car or take a taxi and would instead get on the bus.” (1:31:30–1:31:44)

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