I guess the NYC Tumblrs aren’t really Daily News readers
Because I thought there would have been more discussion of this:
The MTA’s doomsday budget to be unveiled at a board meeting Thursday will include these NYC Transit cuts:
Positions: More than 1,500 axed - including approximately 350 administrators and managers; approximately 700 station agents and bus drivers combined.
Subways
- W and Z lines shut down completely.
- No more express J-train service, makes all local stops.
- G line nearly halved with the northern terminal being Court Square, Long Island City, Queens, at all times. No more service from Court Square to Forest Hills.
- M line halved, making stops only between Metropolitan Ave., Queens, and Broad St., Manhattan.
- B line trains arrive every 10 minutes weekends, up from 8 minutes.
- Overnight: Scheduled gaps between all trains running between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. increased to 30 minutes from 20 minutes.
- Midday: Schedules changed - less frequent trains from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. - system wide so that trains carry more passengers: 125% of the seating capacity, up from current guideline of 100%.
Buses: A few dozen bus routes eliminated overnight and weekends, including X27 and X28 weekends. Bus routes targeted for less frequent service generally are those with lower ridership numbers or where subway trains are an option. A few routes running weekdays axed.Or maybe I’m just biased since Queens seems to be dealing with a lot of the cuts. (Fucking Brooklyn.)
I hear you on the Queens shit. I don’t even TRY to get a subway back to Queens on the weekends or after midnight during the week. It’s ridiculous. By not running the N from 57th to Queensboro (a mere two stops), I am forced to find the 7 and THEN wait for the N on the other side. Two transfers = +1hr late at night. I even took the G back on Saturday and it took forever having to wait for a re-routed R to get me at Court St. THERE IS NO STRAIGHT SHOT HOME ANYMORE and they’re taking away the W?????
I’ve been wholly relying on the R, which drops me a 20 minute walk home instead of my usual 3 minutes.
