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Above photo of "funeral" by Mark Zustovich, top photo of JMZ by Jen Carlson.
The Straphangers Campaign, Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz and even bagpiper John Maynard came together today to mourn the passing of the Z train. A mock funeral was held at the Fulton Street-Broadway/Nassau subway station in Manhattan, and those in attendance tell us that there was also a "call on lawmakers and the MTA to save the Z line in its 2009 budget." So what does this mean, besides having to refer to the line as the JM now?
Loss of the Z would end "skip stop" service on the J line during rush hours between Jamaica, Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, adding an hour extra each week in commuting for many riders, according to the Straphangers Campaign.Markowitz lent some comforting words to those grieving the subway's passing: "Friends, New Yorkers, straphangers—I come to praise the Z train, not to bury it. Though the Z train begins in Queens and ends in Manhattan, it is—like the J—Brooklyn to the core. When trains like the Z die, our City's economy dies with them. This is why we grieve at this mock funeral today. Let's hope these are not the Z's last rites. Long live the Z!" The news of the Z landing on the MTA's chopping block was just one of the many, many issues touched upon at the the first public hearing last night...but what about poor 'ol W?
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An extra hour in commuting time equals 6 minutes each way. Deal with it.
absolutely what about the W! I would love to attend a mock hospital room for it - instead of saying it's dead, we go visit because it's on life support.
The W deserves more of a funeral. The Z only has a few runs per rush hour while the W runs every 8-10 minutes for most of the day.
Unfortunately, Queens does not have an attention whore of a borough president.
There's no real reason for MTA riders to have to sacrifice here. The MTA and a lot of other businesses are CONTINUING bad business practices as they've created dependencies we can't live with out. How would an MTA strike work in 2009. The amount of New York that would be unable to get to work is laughable. The MTA as a whole needs to pick up service with a fare increase. This is going to be an interesting ride for the next couple years with governments bailing out bad business.
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