MTA in NYC - Letter to the mayor

I sent this letter to the mayor today using the "contact the mayor" page on NYC's website.

"Form: Customer Comment
Topic: TRANSPORT
Name: [withheld]
Street Address: [withheld]
City, State Zip: [withheld]
Country: United States
Email: [withheld]
Company:
Work Phone: [withheld]
Message:
Dear Mr. Bloomberg:

I have written to you twicw before about the trouble I have getting around town by bus, specifically between the East Side and the west side of Manhattan. I often wait more than 15 minutes, and when the bus does arrive it moves very slowly making a 10-minutes-by car-ride last over 40 minutes, not including walks to and from the bus.

I believe the mayor should introduce legislation allowing for private transportation opreators to pick up passengers along the bus route for faster transit and shorter wait time.

I'm sure the mayor knows better than me about the merits of competitive free markets. Whatever regulations that are in place now, if any, to allow this form of transportaion obviously does not work since private multi-passenger transportation is virtually non existent.

The price gap and service gap between a bus and a taxi is grossly unreasonable. People in this city suffer because the laws don't allow for a satisfactory medium. Everyone but a small percent of the population, who can afford to take cab frequently, suffers.

Speak to people in governments like jerusalem and tel-aviv and find out why their transportation works, and use it here!

[Signature]"

As many of you know, the city is controlled by people who keep their job by hindering progress. They are elected by communities who they "protect" from the tides of change, and have their loyal votes. This is the bureaucracy that residents of New York City face every day.
The MTA announced this week its plan for major service cuts and fare hikes. It is obvious that the agency whose every move is controlled by the city council and state government, is unable to maintain its current level of service, let alone increase and improve it. The MTA does not have the most talented individuals (they don't pay enough to attract them from private industry), and consistently needs to deal with unions and government bureaucracy.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! LET THE PEOPLE HAVE CHOICES FOR TRANSPORTATION, NOT ONE MONOPOLY CALLED THE MTA!