I guess the NYC Tumblrs aren’t really Daily News readers

maura:

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.)

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1. jasonwhat reblogged this from alexbalk
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3. lialia reblogged this from alexbalk and added:

   Astoria cannot lose the W line. We all would be royyyyyyyyyyyallly f-ed. I’d say I’d join the Straphangers group or...

4. mollyboo reblogged this from maura and added:

   JMZ is getting cuts!!! WTF, NO J EXPRESS ANYMORE?! People better be protesting this shit.

5. elizabethanne reblogged this from peterwknox and added:

   The joys of living on the 1 2 3 line

6. seanfennessey reblogged this from maura and added:

   Tumblr needs a HATED THIS button.

7. peterwknox reblogged this from maura and added:

   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...

8. hungryghoast reblogged this from alexbalk and added:

   The G joke Balk makes is pretty on point… I don’t think I’ve ever actually SEEN the G train go past Court-Square (and...

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11. dorothymantooth reblogged this from moffs and added:

    Oooh oooh! And finishing the Second Avenue line. Isn’t it so wonderfully convenient?

12. amandaelend reblogged this from lindsaycampbell and added:

    I don’t know. Seems like a Brooklyn fail to me. JMZ, B…even the stupid G…I’m in Sunnyside and really won’t be affected....

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14. miltnr reblogged this from foureleven and added:

    The MTA’s doomsday budget...board meeting Thursday will include these NYC Transit cuts:...

15. moffs reblogged this from maura and added:

    Am I wrong or did the fucking MTA not have...$500 million surplus a couple

16. kvknowsherfun reblogged this from alexbalk and added:

    The MTA’s doomsday budget...board meeting Thursday will include these NYC Transit cuts: ...

17. foureleven reblogged this from alexbalk and added:

    The W barely runs anyway. The G has been ending abruptuly at Court House Square for months now. And the B has never run...

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19. mattbarron reblogged this from amp3d and added:

    omg. i’m sure they’re hiking the price again too. they’re just going to break that to us later. i can’t complain too...

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23. soupsoup reblogged this from alexbalk and added:

    NYC Tumblrs aren’t really Daily News readers

24. alexbalk reblogged this from maura and added:

    I think this is the MTA’s version of asking for “protection money.” Like, “You’ve got a real nice W line here. Be a...

25. leilacohanmiccio reblogged this from maura and added:

    Wait, the B runs on weekends? Also, Jesus fucking Christ.

26. itsbedtime reblogged this from maura and added:

    As if public transportation wasn’t bad enough, and to think Jay Z might of just been Jay

27. shorterexcerpts reblogged this from maura and added:

    Also, somewhere countless High School and College runningbacks with a first or last name that starts with the letter “J”...

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