Gothamist: More and More People Ride the Subways and Buses

Glenn

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:57:07 -0500

A few critical drivers of note: Less Crime in Subways One Fare system (1997 I think) Weekly/Monthly discounts Completion of the 63rd Street East River Tunnel Any others folks can think of?

fishtale

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:44:17 -0500

and while we're on the subject, how about the selective upkeep of lines? of course there's the certain subway lines that get thrown by the wayside and allowed to fester, and then there's also the metro north new haven line which has run the same cars for the last 20 or 30 years mostly it seems cause of crappy MTA/NY/CT politics. the MTA- unequivocally committed to customer service and improvement!

Rodney P. Sweetchops

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:24:19 -0500

And the G between Court Sq and the rest of Queens is pretty much always shut down. They say it's for construction but what can they be working on every night and every weekend for 2 years strait? A tiny stretch of track between Court Sq and Queens Plaza? It's absurd the hoops we outer borough types jump through to get around. When the G is running its a 15 minute ride from Astoria (Steinway St or 46th Street) to Greenpoint on the G. With no G in Queens, I have to take the R to Queens Plaza, transfer to the E, take the E to Ely Ave, long transfer to the G, and then take the G to Nassau. It's like we don't even exist to the MTA. I guess the MTA brass can't fathom people not using the subway to go into Manhattan, who would ever want to go from Queens to Brooklyn?

Syntax99

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:19:03 -0500

No L service this weekend.