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MTA Deficit May Result in Huge Transit Cuts in Brooklyn

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As reported in the Brooklyn Paper:

Brooklyn Brooklyn is facing a full-blown apocalypse from proposed
Metropolitan Transportation Authority transit cuts that include massive
bus service reductions and the elimination of an entire subway line.

The extreme measures proposed on Monday
are the result of the shocking news that the MTA is facing a
$383-million deficit, despite the recent fare-hike up to $2.25 per ride.

If you live in Brooklyn, you’ll feel the pain if the cuts go through. Here are some of the harshest measures being discussed:

• The elimination of weekday service on the B23, B25, B37, B39, B51 and B75 buses.

• The elimination of weekend service on the B7, B14, B31, B45, B48, B57, B64, B65, B67 and B77

• The complete elimination of the Z line, which would force the J to run local.

• The termination of the G Line at Court Square, meaning that any
Brooklynites heading to Queens (for whatever reason) will have to
transfer to go deeper into that distant borough.

• Reduced frequency of service along the A, D, F, G, N, Q, J, and M trains.

• The elimination of student discounts for schoolkids.

• Reductions in Access-A-Ride service, which assists disabled commuters.

2 thoughts on “MTA Deficit May Result in Huge Transit Cuts in Brooklyn”

  1. ratners project will create jobs in these tough economic times and also give a boost to the local economy once it opens, in 2 years,

  2. I would suggest that anyone the least bit troubled by these drastic service cuts get on the phone and tell Governor Paterson to cut support for Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project instead. His number is 518-474-8390.
    The MTA has agreed to sell the Vanderbilt Yard to Ratner for less than half its appraised value, and the board voted in June to change the payment terms, allowing Ratner to put down just $20 million and pay the balance at a very favorable interest rate over 22 years.
    So your kids will have to pay to take the bus or subway to school, and your grandmother won’t be able to get a bus on the weekends, but hey, we’ll have a nice new basketball arena to show for it.

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