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New York City commuters could soon start seeing ads for beer and other boozy beverages on subways and buses, ending a seven-year ban by the MTA (gothamist.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/nyc@lemmy.world

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not sure how I feel about this. Don't like ads. Don't like beer ads. But I do want transit to get funded.

[–] TauZero@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Advertising makes up only 0.9% of MTA revenues ($173M out of $20.8B in 2024 [pdf]). Every single subway train and subway station plastered in ads, every bus and bus stop, and now also video screens and apparently beer ads, a constant assault on the visual senses where there is not even a place to rest your eyes without terminating on an ad, and it doesn't even make up 1 cent on the dollar for expenses. Something to be aware of.