by lirr42
The MTA announced today that it's going to scrounge up $29 million for new and restored service for the various MTA agencies. The MTA has begun to outline plans for what's coming back. You can see the plans for this agency (as posted on the MTA's website) below. I wonder if they're going to take suggestions...
One of the things they are talking about is a permanent full-time extension of the (G) into Brooklyn, which I would presume would be extended down to Church Street.
Here's an article about the news today from WNBC:
Here's what the MTA Website had for SUBWAY Service Improvements
One of the things they are talking about is a permanent full-time extension of the (G) into Brooklyn, which I would presume would be extended down to Church Street.
Here's an article about the news today from WNBC:
Andrew Siff, a journalist for WNBC-NBC New York wrote:MTA to Add $29 Million of New and Restored Service, Delays Fare HikesRead the full article here: MTA to Add $29 Million of New and Restored Service, Delays Fare Hikes
Fare and toll hikes expected in January will be postponed until March 2013
In what MTA officials are calling "the biggest one-time addition of service ever," the authority plans to add or restore $29 million of bus, train and subway service, and delay planned fare and toll hikes.
It's the best news in a while for straphangers, who were expecting a 7.5 percent fare hike in January and are still reeling from draconian service cuts that hit in 2010.
"I want them to know we're listening to them," said MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota, of MTA riders.
Now, Lhota said, the fare and toll hikes will be postponed until March 2013. Those increases would be unavoidable even if the authority did not restore service, he said.
Lhota said the MTA's financial picture is "fragile" but "not as fragile" as when it implemented the 2010 cuts. The rosier budget picture stems in part from increased weekend subway use -- the highest in 62 years, Lhota said. To meet that demand, the authority will add Saturday and Sunday subway service for the first time in years...
Among the other additions are a permanent extension of the G train into Brooklyn -- a change that was initially intended to be temporary -- and several bus service additions in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan.
The MTA's board must approve any changes, which could happen as early as next week.
Here's what the MTA Website had for SUBWAY Service Improvements