Prevent Bee-Line buses and MTA from increasing
Target:
Honorable David Paterson- Capitol, Albany, NY 12224
Sponsored by:
According to MTA and Westchester County Public Hearing yesterday, Wednesday night, since because of MTA MetroCard, all Westchester County Bee-Line buses will also increase up to 23% fare hike along with Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Express buses including Atlantic Express X23/X24 and Bee-Line BxM4C will increase from $5 to $6.25.
MetroCard will also increase along with changes in Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard bonus structure.
If state passes Ravitch Recommedations implement, it will only going to 8% fare hike on both Bee-Line bus and MTA.
If state does not pass, here is what happening on following service cuts on MTA.
Subways:
(W) train which operates between Astoria-Ditmars Blvd in Queens to Lower Whitehall St in Lower Manhattan will be elimated, and (N) train will replace (W) north of Canal St, with (Q) express will be extended to Astoria-Ditmars Blvd. Also, (N) train will operates over Manhattan Bridge and stations at Lawrence, Court Sts in Downtown Brooklyn and Whitehall, Rector, Cortlandt Sts, and City Hall Stations will be closed during LATE NIGHT.
Rush Hour (M) will only operate Metropolitan Av-Middle Villages, Queens and Broad St in Manhattan only, resulting no Southern Brooklyn service for (M) riders.
Along with (M), rush hour (Z) peak express will come to end with skip-stop service on (J)(Z) discontinued, and (J) makes all stops with some (J) terminate at Chambers St.
Also, (G) train service will terminate at Court Sq at all times, resulting no Queens Blvd local service on Evening after 9pm, Weekends and Late Nights.
All B Division lines (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (J), (M), (N), (Q), (R), (Z), Franklin Av and Rockaway Park Shuttles will have every 10 minutes headways instead of 7-8 minutes. All subway lines during the late night hours from 2am to 5am might be every 30 minutes headways similar to PATH's late night headways.
Here are following low-ridership buses are targeted for elimation in all boroughs:
In Brooklyn:
Weeekend express bus service on X27 and x28 will be elimated.
Late night service will be elimated on following routes:
B7, B14, B31, B45, B48, B57, B64, B65, B67, B77, Bx10.
Here are schedule changes on following buses.
Begin weekday service later on B16, B69, B70, B71 and end Weekday Service Earlier on B2, B4, B9, B11, B13, B16, B69.
Saturday service on B9 begins later and ends earlier.
Portion of Elimation on B13, resulting no service north of Myrtle-Wyckoff Av Stations.
Weekend service will be elimated on B2, B4, B7, B16, B24, B48, B57, B65, B69, B71, B75.
B23, B25, B37, B39 and weekday B51 service will no longer operates.
In the Bronx:
Late Night service will be elimated on Bx10.
For schedule change, Bx33 weekday service will begin later.
Bx26 will no longer serve northern Co-Op city; Bx28 will no longer serve Asch Loop, Bx28 will no longer serve northern Co-Op City and Asch Loop, and no Bx30 on Asch Loop.
On weekends, Bx18, Bx233 will be elimated while Bx8 Sunday service will be elimated.
Bx4, Bx14, Bx20, and Bx34 buses will no longer operate.
There will be no longer BxM7B Rush Hour Service between City Island and Midtown Manhatan.
In Queens:
There will be no late night service on Q30.
Schedule change on following buses.
Q42 and Q79 will have weekday service end earlier.
Q48 Sunday service will end earlier, resulting no late night Sunday service.
Q24 will no longer serve Broadway west of Broadway Junction Station.
Weekend service will be elimated on Q14, Q31, Q76 while Q79 will have no Saturday service.
There will no service on Weekday only Q26, Q74, Q75, and X32 School Day express service and no daily service on Q56 and Q84.
There will be no weekday express bus service on QM22 and no rush hour service on QM23 between Queens and Midtown Manhattan.
At several subway stations, several full time booths will be closed, or become part-time, well as Station Customer Assistant kiosks.
In Staten Island:
S57 and S66 service will begin weekday service later.
Weekday service will end earlier on S54 and S60.
There will be no weekend service on S42, S54, S57, S60, and S76.
In additional Staten Island Railway Basebasell service from Tottenville and shuttle from St. George's Ferry will be elimated, resulting Staten Island Yankees fan must walk on boardwalk and Ballpark station will be closed.
X23/X24 Atlantic Express takeover will be cancelled, however express bus fare will be increase.
In Manhattan:
There will be no late night service on M1, M2, M16, M22, M23, M42, M50, M66, M79, M96, M102, M103, M104.
Here are following schedule changing on following buses:
Weekday service will begin later on M11, M20, M21.
Weekday service will end earlier on M21 only.
Saturday service will begin late on M20, M100, m116, end end earlier on M20.
M20 will begin Sunday service later.
There will be no weekend service on M10, M21, M22, M50.
No service on M6, M8, M10, M18, M27 and weekday only M30 and X25.
In addition, there will be no M1 Weekend service between Harlem-106th St & East Village-8th St, required Park Av riders must walk to 5th, Mad, Lex or 3rd Avs to catch their buses.
There will be no M15 bus service to/from City Hall and M21 will no longer serve Bellevere Hospital. In replacement, M9 will replace M15 City Hall in southern terminal, while northern section will replace M21. M21 will become Houston St Crosstown Only. In additional, M20 will be extended to South Ferry to replace M9 bus service.
MTA Long Island Buses which operates in Nassau County, western portion of Suffolk County and eastern Queens will increase up to $3.50, resulting Long Island Bus will no longer accepted Unlimited MetroCard on Long Island Bus Routes.
Here are following service changes.
N2 rush hour service between Green Acres Mall and Jamaica-165th St will no longer operate reguired all N2 to terminate at Floral Park.
Weekday-Saturday Service on N51/N80, School Day service on N65/N66, and weekday N67 service and rush hour shuttle service on N53 and N93 will no longer operate.
Also summer N87 Hickvilles-Jones Beach bus service will no longer operate.
For Paratransit service;
Bee-Line paratransit will be increase from $3 to #4.
Access-A-Ride paratransit (New York City Transit) will be increase from $2 to $4.
Able-A-Ride paratransit (Long Island Bus) will be increase from $3.50 to $7.
On MTA Bridge & Tunnel will also go up by 23% or 8% on Ravitch Recommedations.
Rockaways Rebate $1.03 discount program for tolls at Cross Bay Bridge will be elimated.
Verrazaro Narrows Bridge will go up to $14 toll.
On Long Island Railroad, they will closed ticket offices at 20 lowest utilized stations, reducing overnight selling tours at Penn Station, Jamaica, Flatbush and reduce the ticket clerk extra list and overtime. This will leave 30 stations with open ticket offices.
Also repair of toilets gangs for M3 fleet will be reduced.
Travel Information Center staffs will be reduced by 11%.
There will be elimation of Port Washington of-peak half hourly service, and no non-Stakes Belmont Park service, and no weekend West Hempstead service. In addition, selected trains will be cancelled and combined in a manner that increases capacity utilization, bringing ridership levels close to the maximum permited under the Service Guidelines. Specific poposals including merging two AM peak and two PM Babylon Branch trains, cancelling one PM peak Long Beach train and cacelling one Ronkonkoma PM peak train. These savings will also result in corresponding fleet support reductions.
Various crews would be combined to generate headcount savings through. Further, additional Collector positions that supplement the base crew for fare collection on crowded trains would be reduced by 50% through attirition.
On Metro-North, there will be no toll free 1-800 Customer Information Center number., resulting some custormers would incur long-distance telephone charges.
Grand Central Terminal cleaning will be reduced and six positions elimated. Reductions would occur in two specific areas. The overnight cleaning crew in Grand Central would be reduced. This crew is tasked with cleaning the Terminal in a span of 3-1/2 hours and cleaing up after storms- rain and snow. This reduction will impact Metro-North's ability to clean the building in normal conditions, but will inhibit special event suppport (much of which takes place during the hours that the terminal is closed) and emergency response. Platforms will also be cleaned of paper and debris with less frequency. The frequency of power washing the tactile warning strips will also be reduced, resulting in increased dirtinesss and continued deterioration.
The Station Master's Office in Grand Central North will closed. It provides a location for commuters and visitors obtain assistance and directions on that side of the terminal.
Two ticket sller positions will be elimated. The amount of time that some customers will have to wait on line to purchase a ticket will increase.
Four telephone staffs at Customer Information Center will be elimated. This reduction will result in increased customer wait times for information during service disruptions and special events.
Ticket offices at Crestwood, Harrison and New Canaan stations will close and replaced by Ticket Vending Machine.
Ticke window hours would also be reduced at 4 New Haven Line stations, Port Chester, Greenwich, Wesport and Fairfield. Ticket vending machines are available at these locations.
On east side of Hudson River, they will elimate nine East of Hudson trains (three Hudson Line; two Harlem Line; four New Haven Line). The reduction includes one pm-peak train, seven off-peak weekdays trains and one weekend train. Six of the nine trains will be combined with other trains, thereby increasing treavel time. The remaining three trains will be elimated, reducing train frequency. Over 2,000 custoemrs will experinece a reduction in train frequency from 30 up to 75 minutes and approximately 3,500 customers will experience an increase in travel time up to 19 minutes. Twelve engineer/coundctor potions will be elimated.
On west side of Hudson River, Port Jervis Line expresss trains will make local stops in New Jersey, additing 10-20 minutes of travel time. The weekend service on the Pascack Valley Line, which was instituted a year ago, will be reduced.
Metro-North has retained 30 M1 fleet cars which now will be retired from service and prepared for disposal. This would further exacerbate the potential of not meeting consist compliance numbers, worsen crowding conditions, elimate ability to have replacement vehicles for emergencies and not have a dedicated fleet for Yankees Stadium shuttle service.
PLEASE SEND MESSAGE TO ALBANY WE DON'T WANT ANY FARE HIKE ON BOTH MTA AND BEE-LINE BUS SYSTEM OR MNRR/LIRR AND NO SERVICE CUT ON BUSES AND SUBWAYS!!
WE ALSO DON'T WANT REDUCTION OF EMPLOYEES!
Express buses including Atlantic Express X23/X24 and Bee-Line BxM4C will increase from $5 to $6.25.
MetroCard will also increase along with changes in Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard bonus structure.
If state passes Ravitch Recommedations implement, it will only going to 8% fare hike on both Bee-Line bus and MTA.
If state does not pass, here is what happening on following service cuts on MTA.
Subways:
(W) train which operates between Astoria-Ditmars Blvd in Queens to Lower Whitehall St in Lower Manhattan will be elimated, and (N) train will replace (W) north of Canal St, with (Q) express will be extended to Astoria-Ditmars Blvd. Also, (N) train will operates over Manhattan Bridge and stations at Lawrence, Court Sts in Downtown Brooklyn and Whitehall, Rector, Cortlandt Sts, and City Hall Stations will be closed during LATE NIGHT.
Rush Hour (M) will only operate Metropolitan Av-Middle Villages, Queens and Broad St in Manhattan only, resulting no Southern Brooklyn service for (M) riders.
Along with (M), rush hour (Z) peak express will come to end with skip-stop service on (J)(Z) discontinued, and (J) makes all stops with some (J) terminate at Chambers St.
Also, (G) train service will terminate at Court Sq at all times, resulting no Queens Blvd local service on Evening after 9pm, Weekends and Late Nights.
All B Division lines (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (J), (M), (N), (Q), (R), (Z), Franklin Av and Rockaway Park Shuttles will have every 10 minutes headways instead of 7-8 minutes. All subway lines during the late night hours from 2am to 5am might be every 30 minutes headways similar to PATH's late night headways.
Here are following low-ridership buses are targeted for elimation in all boroughs:
In Brooklyn:
Weeekend express bus service on X27 and x28 will be elimated.
Late night service will be elimated on following routes:
B7, B14, B31, B45, B48, B57, B64, B65, B67, B77, Bx10.
Here are schedule changes on following buses.
Begin weekday service later on B16, B69, B70, B71 and end Weekday Service Earlier on B2, B4, B9, B11, B13, B16, B69.
Saturday service on B9 begins later and ends earlier.
Portion of Elimation on B13, resulting no service north of Myrtle-Wyckoff Av Stations.
Weekend service will be elimated on B2, B4, B7, B16, B24, B48, B57, B65, B69, B71, B75.
B23, B25, B37, B39 and weekday B51 service will no longer operates.
In the Bronx:
Late Night service will be elimated on Bx10.
For schedule change, Bx33 weekday service will begin later.
Bx26 will no longer serve northern Co-Op city; Bx28 will no longer serve Asch Loop, Bx28 will no longer serve northern Co-Op City and Asch Loop, and no Bx30 on Asch Loop.
On weekends, Bx18, Bx233 will be elimated while Bx8 Sunday service will be elimated.
Bx4, Bx14, Bx20, and Bx34 buses will no longer operate.
There will be no longer BxM7B Rush Hour Service between City Island and Midtown Manhatan.
In Queens:
There will be no late night service on Q30.
Schedule change on following buses.
Q42 and Q79 will have weekday service end earlier.
Q48 Sunday service will end earlier, resulting no late night Sunday service.
Q24 will no longer serve Broadway west of Broadway Junction Station.
Weekend service will be elimated on Q14, Q31, Q76 while Q79 will have no Saturday service.
There will no service on Weekday only Q26, Q74, Q75, and X32 School Day express service and no daily service on Q56 and Q84.
There will be no weekday express bus service on QM22 and no rush hour service on QM23 between Queens and Midtown Manhattan.
At several subway stations, several full time booths will be closed, or become part-time, well as Station Customer Assistant kiosks.
In Staten Island:
S57 and S66 service will begin weekday service later.
Weekday service will end earlier on S54 and S60.
There will be no weekend service on S42, S54, S57, S60, and S76.
In additional Staten Island Railway Basebasell service from Tottenville and shuttle from St. George's Ferry will be elimated, resulting Staten Island Yankees fan must walk on boardwalk and Ballpark station will be closed.
X23/X24 Atlantic Express takeover will be cancelled, however express bus fare will be increase.
In Manhattan:
There will be no late night service on M1, M2, M16, M22, M23, M42, M50, M66, M79, M96, M102, M103, M104.
Here are following schedule changing on following buses:
Weekday service will begin later on M11, M20, M21.
Weekday service will end earlier on M21 only.
Saturday service will begin late on M20, M100, m116, end end earlier on M20.
M20 will begin Sunday service later.
There will be no weekend service on M10, M21, M22, M50.
No service on M6, M8, M10, M18, M27 and weekday only M30 and X25.
In addition, there will be no M1 Weekend service between Harlem-106th St & East Village-8th St, required Park Av riders must walk to 5th, Mad, Lex or 3rd Avs to catch their buses.
There will be no M15 bus service to/from City Hall and M21 will no longer serve Bellevere Hospital. In replacement, M9 will replace M15 City Hall in southern terminal, while northern section will replace M21. M21 will become Houston St Crosstown Only. In additional, M20 will be extended to South Ferry to replace M9 bus service.
MTA Long Island Buses which operates in Nassau County, western portion of Suffolk County and eastern Queens will increase up to $3.50, resulting Long Island Bus will no longer accepted Unlimited MetroCard on Long Island Bus Routes.
Here are following service changes.
N2 rush hour service between Green Acres Mall and Jamaica-165th St will no longer operate reguired all N2 to terminate at Floral Park.
Weekday-Saturday Service on N51/N80, School Day service on N65/N66, and weekday N67 service and rush hour shuttle service on N53 and N93 will no longer operate.
Also summer N87 Hickvilles-Jones Beach bus service will no longer operate.
For Paratransit service;
Bee-Line paratransit will be increase from $3 to #4.
Access-A-Ride paratransit (New York City Transit) will be increase from $2 to $4.
Able-A-Ride paratransit (Long Island Bus) will be increase from $3.50 to $7.
On MTA Bridge & Tunnel will also go up by 23% or 8% on Ravitch Recommedations.
Rockaways Rebate $1.03 discount program for tolls at Cross Bay Bridge will be elimated.
Verrazaro Narrows Bridge will go up to $14 toll.
On Long Island Railroad, they will closed ticket offices at 20 lowest utilized stations, reducing overnight selling tours at Penn Station, Jamaica, Flatbush and reduce the ticket clerk extra list and overtime. This will leave 30 stations with open ticket offices.
Also repair of toilets gangs for M3 fleet will be reduced.
Travel Information Center staffs will be reduced by 11%.
There will be elimation of Port Washington of-peak half hourly service, and no non-Stakes Belmont Park service, and no weekend West Hempstead service. In addition, selected trains will be cancelled and combined in a manner that increases capacity utilization, bringing ridership levels close to the maximum permited under the Service Guidelines. Specific poposals including merging two AM peak and two PM Babylon Branch trains, cancelling one PM peak Long Beach train and cacelling one Ronkonkoma PM peak train. These savings will also result in corresponding fleet support reductions.
Various crews would be combined to generate headcount savings through. Further, additional Collector positions that supplement the base crew for fare collection on crowded trains would be reduced by 50% through attirition.
On Metro-North, there will be no toll free 1-800 Customer Information Center number., resulting some custormers would incur long-distance telephone charges.
Grand Central Terminal cleaning will be reduced and six positions elimated. Reductions would occur in two specific areas. The overnight cleaning crew in Grand Central would be reduced. This crew is tasked with cleaning the Terminal in a span of 3-1/2 hours and cleaing up after storms- rain and snow. This reduction will impact Metro-North's ability to clean the building in normal conditions, but will inhibit special event suppport (much of which takes place during the hours that the terminal is closed) and emergency response. Platforms will also be cleaned of paper and debris with less frequency. The frequency of power washing the tactile warning strips will also be reduced, resulting in increased dirtinesss and continued deterioration.
The Station Master's Office in Grand Central North will closed. It provides a location for commuters and visitors obtain assistance and directions on that side of the terminal.
Two ticket sller positions will be elimated. The amount of time that some customers will have to wait on line to purchase a ticket will increase.
Four telephone staffs at Customer Information Center will be elimated. This reduction will result in increased customer wait times for information during service disruptions and special events.
Ticket offices at Crestwood, Harrison and New Canaan stations will close and replaced by Ticket Vending Machine.
Ticke window hours would also be reduced at 4 New Haven Line stations, Port Chester, Greenwich, Wesport and Fairfield. Ticket vending machines are available at these locations.
On east side of Hudson River, they will elimate nine East of Hudson trains (three Hudson Line; two Harlem Line; four New Haven Line). The reduction includes one pm-peak train, seven off-peak weekdays trains and one weekend train. Six of the nine trains will be combined with other trains, thereby increasing treavel time. The remaining three trains will be elimated, reducing train frequency. Over 2,000 custoemrs will experinece a reduction in train frequency from 30 up to 75 minutes and approximately 3,500 customers will experience an increase in travel time up to 19 minutes. Twelve engineer/coundctor potions will be elimated.
On west side of Hudson River, Port Jervis Line expresss trains will make local stops in New Jersey, additing 10-20 minutes of travel time. The weekend service on the Pascack Valley Line, which was instituted a year ago, will be reduced.
Metro-North has retained 30 M1 fleet cars which now will be retired from service and prepared for disposal. This would further exacerbate the potential of not meeting consist compliance numbers, worsen crowding conditions, elimate ability to have replacement vehicles for emergencies and not have a dedicated fleet for Yankees Stadium shuttle service.
PLEASE SEND MESSAGE TO ALBANY WE DON'T WANT ANY FARE HIKE ON BOTH MTA AND BEE-LINE BUS SYSTEM OR MNRR/LIRR AND NO SERVICE CUT ON BUSES AND SUBWAYS!!
WE ALSO DON'T WANT REDUCTION OF EMPLOYEES!
According to MTA and Westchester County Public Hearing yesterday, Wednesday night, since because of MTA MetroCard, all Westchester County Bee-Line buses will also increase up to 23% fare hike along with Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Express buses including Atlantic Express X23/X24 and Bee-Line BxM4C will increase from $5 to $6.25.
MetroCard will also increase along with changes in Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard bonus structure.
If state passes Ravitch Recommedations implement, it will only going to 8% fare hike on both Bee-Line bus and MTA.
If state does not pass, here is what happening on following service cuts on MTA.
Subways:
(W) train which operates between Astoria-Ditmars Blvd in Queens to Lower Whitehall St in Lower Manhattan will be elimated, and (N) train will replace (W) north of Canal St, with (Q) express will be extended to Astoria-Ditmars Blvd. Also, (N) train will operates over Manhattan Bridge and stations at Lawrence, Court Sts in Downtown Brooklyn and Whitehall, Rector, Cortlandt Sts, and City Hall Stations will be closed during LATE NIGHT.
Rush Hour (M) will only operate Metropolitan Av-Middle Villages, Queens and Broad St in Manhattan only, resulting no Southern Brooklyn service for (M) riders.
Along with (M), rush hour (Z) peak express will come to end with skip-stop service on (J)(Z) discontinued, and (J) makes all stops with some (J) terminate at Chambers St.
Also, (G) train service will terminate at Court Sq at all times, resulting no Queens Blvd local service on Evening after 9pm, Weekends and Late Nights.
All B Division lines (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (J), (M), (N), (Q), (R), (Z), Franklin Av and Rockaway Park Shuttles will have every 10 minutes headways instead of 7-8 minutes. All subway lines during the late night hours from 2am to 5am might be every 30 minutes headways similar to PATH's late night headways.
Here are following low-ridership buses are targeted for elimation in all boroughs:
In Brooklyn:
Weeekend express bus service on X27 and x28 will be elimated.
Late night service will be elimated on following routes:
B7, B14, B31, B45, B48, B57, B64, B65, B67, B77, Bx10.
Here are schedule changes on following buses.
Begin weekday service later on B16, B69, B70, B71 and end Weekday Service Earlier on B2, B4, B9, B11, B13, B16, B69.
Saturday service on B9 begins later and ends earlier.
Portion of Elimation on B13, resulting no service north of Myrtle-Wyckoff Av Stations.
Weekend service will be elimated on B2, B4, B7, B16, B24, B48, B57, B65, B69, B71, B75.
B23, B25, B37, B39 and weekday B51 service will no longer operates.
In the Bronx:
Late Night service will be elimated on Bx10.
For schedule change, Bx33 weekday service will begin later.
Bx26 will no longer serve northern Co-Op city; Bx28 will no longer serve Asch Loop, Bx28 will no longer serve northern Co-Op City and Asch Loop, and no Bx30 on Asch Loop.
On weekends, Bx18, Bx233 will be elimated while Bx8 Sunday service will be elimated.
Bx4, Bx14, Bx20, and Bx34 buses will no longer operate.
There will be no longer BxM7B Rush Hour Service between City Island and Midtown Manhatan.
In Queens:
There will be no late night service on Q30.
Schedule change on following buses.
Q42 and Q79 will have weekday service end earlier.
Q48 Sunday service will end earlier, resulting no late night Sunday service.
Q24 will no longer serve Broadway west of Broadway Junction Station.
Weekend service will be elimated on Q14, Q31, Q76 while Q79 will have no Saturday service.
There will no service on Weekday only Q26, Q74, Q75, and X32 School Day express service and no daily service on Q56 and Q84.
There will be no weekday express bus service on QM22 and no rush hour service on QM23 between Queens and Midtown Manhattan.
At several subway stations, several full time booths will be closed, or become part-time, well as Station Customer Assistant kiosks.
In Staten Island:
S57 and S66 service will begin weekday service later.
Weekday service will end earlier on S54 and S60.
There will be no weekend service on S42, S54, S57, S60, and S76.
In additional Staten Island Railway Basebasell service from Tottenville and shuttle from St. George's Ferry will be elimated, resulting Staten Island Yankees fan must walk on boardwalk and Ballpark station will be closed.
X23/X24 Atlantic Express takeover will be cancelled, however express bus fare will be increase.
In Manhattan:
There will be no late night service on M1, M2, M16, M22, M23, M42, M50, M66, M79, M96, M102, M103, M104.
Here are following schedule changing on following buses:
Weekday service will begin later on M11, M20, M21.
Weekday service will end earlier on M21 only.
Saturday service will begin late on M20, M100, m116, end end earlier on M20.
M20 will begin Sunday service later.
There will be no weekend service on M10, M21, M22, M50.
No service on M6, M8, M10, M18, M27 and weekday only M30 and X25.
In addition, there will be no M1 Weekend service between Harlem-106th St & East Village-8th St, required Park Av riders must walk to 5th, Mad, Lex or 3rd Avs to catch their buses.
There will be no M15 bus service to/from City Hall and M21 will no longer serve Bellevere Hospital. In replacement, M9 will replace M15 City Hall in southern terminal, while northern section will replace M21. M21 will become Houston St Crosstown Only. In additional, M20 will be extended to South Ferry to replace M9 bus service.
MTA Long Island Buses which operates in Nassau County, western portion of Suffolk County and eastern Queens will increase up to $3.50, resulting Long Island Bus will no longer accepted Unlimited MetroCard on Long Island Bus Routes.
Here are following service changes.
N2 rush hour service between Green Acres Mall and Jamaica-165th St will no longer operate reguired all N2 to terminate at Floral Park.
Weekday-Saturday Service on N51/N80, School Day service on N65/N66, and weekday N67 service and rush hour shuttle service on N53 and N93 will no longer operate.
Also summer N87 Hickvilles-Jones Beach bus service will no longer operate.
For Paratransit service;
Bee-Line paratransit will be increase from $3 to #4.
Access-A-Ride paratransit (New York City Transit) will be increase from $2 to $4.
Able-A-Ride paratransit (Long Island Bus) will be increase from $3.50 to $7.
On MTA Bridge & Tunnel will also go up by 23% or 8% on Ravitch Recommedations.
Rockaways Rebate $1.03 discount program for tolls at Cross Bay Bridge will be elimated.
Verrazaro Narrows Bridge will go up to $14 toll.
On Long Island Railroad, they will closed ticket offices at 20 lowest utilized stations, reducing overnight selling tours at Penn Station, Jamaica, Flatbush and reduce the ticket clerk extra list and overtime. This will leave 30 stations with open ticket offices.
Also repair of toilets gangs for M3 fleet will be reduced.
Travel Information Center staffs will be reduced by 11%.
There will be elimation of Port Washington of-peak half hourly service, and no non-Stakes Belmont Park service, and no weekend West Hempstead service. In addition, selected trains will be cancelled and combined in a manner that increases capacity utilization, bringing ridership levels close to the maximum permited under the Service Guidelines. Specific poposals including merging two AM peak and two PM Babylon Branch trains, cancelling one PM peak Long Beach train and cacelling one Ronkonkoma PM peak train. These savings will also result in corresponding fleet support reductions.
Various crews would be combined to generate headcount savings through. Further, additional Collector positions that supplement the base crew for fare collection on crowded trains would be reduced by 50% through attirition.
On Metro-North, there will be no toll free 1-800 Customer Information Center number., resulting some custormers would incur long-distance telephone charges.
Grand Central Terminal cleaning will be reduced and six positions elimated. Reductions would occur in two specific areas. The overnight cleaning crew in Grand Central would be reduced. This crew is tasked with cleaning the Terminal in a span of 3-1/2 hours and cleaing up after storms- rain and snow. This reduction will impact Metro-North's ability to clean the building in normal conditions, but will inhibit special event suppport (much of which takes place during the hours that the terminal is closed) and emergency response. Platforms will also be cleaned of paper and debris with less frequency. The frequency of power washing the tactile warning strips will also be reduced, resulting in increased dirtinesss and continued deterioration.
The Station Master's Office in Grand Central North will closed. It provides a location for commuters and visitors obtain assistance and directions on that side of the terminal.
Two ticket sller positions will be elimated. The amount of time that some customers will have to wait on line to purchase a ticket will increase.
Four telephone staffs at Customer Information Center will be elimated. This reduction will result in increased customer wait times for information during service disruptions and special events.
Ticket offices at Crestwood, Harrison and New Canaan stations will close and replaced by Ticket Vending Machine.
Ticke window hours would also be reduced at 4 New Haven Line stations, Port Chester, Greenwich, Wesport and Fairfield. Ticket vending machines are available at these locations.
On east side of Hudson River, they will elimate nine East of Hudson trains (three Hudson Line; two Harlem Line; four New Haven Line). The reduction includes one pm-peak train, seven off-peak weekdays trains and one weekend train. Six of the nine trains will be combined with other trains, thereby increasing treavel time. The remaining three trains will be elimated, reducing train frequency. Over 2,000 custoemrs will experinece a reduction in train frequency from 30 up to 75 minutes and approximately 3,500 customers will experience an increase in travel time up to 19 minutes. Twelve engineer/coundctor potions will be elimated.
On west side of Hudson River, Port Jervis Line expresss trains will make local stops in New Jersey, additing 10-20 minutes of travel time. The weekend service on the Pascack Valley Line, which was instituted a year ago, will be reduced.
Metro-North has retained 30 M1 fleet cars which now will be retired from service and prepared for disposal. This would further exacerbate the potential of not meeting consist compliance numbers, worsen crowding conditions, elimate ability to have replacement vehicles for emergencies and not have a dedicated fleet for Yankees Stadium shuttle service.
PLEASE SEND MESSAGE TO ALBANY WE DON'T WANT ANY FARE HIKE ON BOTH MTA AND BEE-LINE BUS SYSTEM OR MNRR/LIRR AND NO SERVICE CUT ON BUSES AND SUBWAYS!!
WE ALSO DON'T WANT REDUCTION OF EMPLOYEES!
Express buses including Atlantic Express X23/X24 and Bee-Line BxM4C will increase from $5 to $6.25.
MetroCard will also increase along with changes in Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard bonus structure.
If state passes Ravitch Recommedations implement, it will only going to 8% fare hike on both Bee-Line bus and MTA.
If state does not pass, here is what happening on following service cuts on MTA.
Subways:
(W) train which operates between Astoria-Ditmars Blvd in Queens to Lower Whitehall St in Lower Manhattan will be elimated, and (N) train will replace (W) north of Canal St, with (Q) express will be extended to Astoria-Ditmars Blvd. Also, (N) train will operates over Manhattan Bridge and stations at Lawrence, Court Sts in Downtown Brooklyn and Whitehall, Rector, Cortlandt Sts, and City Hall Stations will be closed during LATE NIGHT.
Rush Hour (M) will only operate Metropolitan Av-Middle Villages, Queens and Broad St in Manhattan only, resulting no Southern Brooklyn service for (M) riders.
Along with (M), rush hour (Z) peak express will come to end with skip-stop service on (J)(Z) discontinued, and (J) makes all stops with some (J) terminate at Chambers St.
Also, (G) train service will terminate at Court Sq at all times, resulting no Queens Blvd local service on Evening after 9pm, Weekends and Late Nights.
All B Division lines (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (J), (M), (N), (Q), (R), (Z), Franklin Av and Rockaway Park Shuttles will have every 10 minutes headways instead of 7-8 minutes. All subway lines during the late night hours from 2am to 5am might be every 30 minutes headways similar to PATH's late night headways.
Here are following low-ridership buses are targeted for elimation in all boroughs:
In Brooklyn:
Weeekend express bus service on X27 and x28 will be elimated.
Late night service will be elimated on following routes:
B7, B14, B31, B45, B48, B57, B64, B65, B67, B77, Bx10.
Here are schedule changes on following buses.
Begin weekday service later on B16, B69, B70, B71 and end Weekday Service Earlier on B2, B4, B9, B11, B13, B16, B69.
Saturday service on B9 begins later and ends earlier.
Portion of Elimation on B13, resulting no service north of Myrtle-Wyckoff Av Stations.
Weekend service will be elimated on B2, B4, B7, B16, B24, B48, B57, B65, B69, B71, B75.
B23, B25, B37, B39 and weekday B51 service will no longer operates.
In the Bronx:
Late Night service will be elimated on Bx10.
For schedule change, Bx33 weekday service will begin later.
Bx26 will no longer serve northern Co-Op city; Bx28 will no longer serve Asch Loop, Bx28 will no longer serve northern Co-Op City and Asch Loop, and no Bx30 on Asch Loop.
On weekends, Bx18, Bx233 will be elimated while Bx8 Sunday service will be elimated.
Bx4, Bx14, Bx20, and Bx34 buses will no longer operate.
There will be no longer BxM7B Rush Hour Service between City Island and Midtown Manhatan.
In Queens:
There will be no late night service on Q30.
Schedule change on following buses.
Q42 and Q79 will have weekday service end earlier.
Q48 Sunday service will end earlier, resulting no late night Sunday service.
Q24 will no longer serve Broadway west of Broadway Junction Station.
Weekend service will be elimated on Q14, Q31, Q76 while Q79 will have no Saturday service.
There will no service on Weekday only Q26, Q74, Q75, and X32 School Day express service and no daily service on Q56 and Q84.
There will be no weekday express bus service on QM22 and no rush hour service on QM23 between Queens and Midtown Manhattan.
At several subway stations, several full time booths will be closed, or become part-time, well as Station Customer Assistant kiosks.
In Staten Island:
S57 and S66 service will begin weekday service later.
Weekday service will end earlier on S54 and S60.
There will be no weekend service on S42, S54, S57, S60, and S76.
In additional Staten Island Railway Basebasell service from Tottenville and shuttle from St. George's Ferry will be elimated, resulting Staten Island Yankees fan must walk on boardwalk and Ballpark station will be closed.
X23/X24 Atlantic Express takeover will be cancelled, however express bus fare will be increase.
In Manhattan:
There will be no late night service on M1, M2, M16, M22, M23, M42, M50, M66, M79, M96, M102, M103, M104.
Here are following schedule changing on following buses:
Weekday service will begin later on M11, M20, M21.
Weekday service will end earlier on M21 only.
Saturday service will begin late on M20, M100, m116, end end earlier on M20.
M20 will begin Sunday service later.
There will be no weekend service on M10, M21, M22, M50.
No service on M6, M8, M10, M18, M27 and weekday only M30 and X25.
In addition, there will be no M1 Weekend service between Harlem-106th St & East Village-8th St, required Park Av riders must walk to 5th, Mad, Lex or 3rd Avs to catch their buses.
There will be no M15 bus service to/from City Hall and M21 will no longer serve Bellevere Hospital. In replacement, M9 will replace M15 City Hall in southern terminal, while northern section will replace M21. M21 will become Houston St Crosstown Only. In additional, M20 will be extended to South Ferry to replace M9 bus service.
MTA Long Island Buses which operates in Nassau County, western portion of Suffolk County and eastern Queens will increase up to $3.50, resulting Long Island Bus will no longer accepted Unlimited MetroCard on Long Island Bus Routes.
Here are following service changes.
N2 rush hour service between Green Acres Mall and Jamaica-165th St will no longer operate reguired all N2 to terminate at Floral Park.
Weekday-Saturday Service on N51/N80, School Day service on N65/N66, and weekday N67 service and rush hour shuttle service on N53 and N93 will no longer operate.
Also summer N87 Hickvilles-Jones Beach bus service will no longer operate.
For Paratransit service;
Bee-Line paratransit will be increase from $3 to #4.
Access-A-Ride paratransit (New York City Transit) will be increase from $2 to $4.
Able-A-Ride paratransit (Long Island Bus) will be increase from $3.50 to $7.
On MTA Bridge & Tunnel will also go up by 23% or 8% on Ravitch Recommedations.
Rockaways Rebate $1.03 discount program for tolls at Cross Bay Bridge will be elimated.
Verrazaro Narrows Bridge will go up to $14 toll.
On Long Island Railroad, they will closed ticket offices at 20 lowest utilized stations, reducing overnight selling tours at Penn Station, Jamaica, Flatbush and reduce the ticket clerk extra list and overtime. This will leave 30 stations with open ticket offices.
Also repair of toilets gangs for M3 fleet will be reduced.
Travel Information Center staffs will be reduced by 11%.
There will be elimation of Port Washington of-peak half hourly service, and no non-Stakes Belmont Park service, and no weekend West Hempstead service. In addition, selected trains will be cancelled and combined in a manner that increases capacity utilization, bringing ridership levels close to the maximum permited under the Service Guidelines. Specific poposals including merging two AM peak and two PM Babylon Branch trains, cancelling one PM peak Long Beach train and cacelling one Ronkonkoma PM peak train. These savings will also result in corresponding fleet support reductions.
Various crews would be combined to generate headcount savings through. Further, additional Collector positions that supplement the base crew for fare collection on crowded trains would be reduced by 50% through attirition.
On Metro-North, there will be no toll free 1-800 Customer Information Center number., resulting some custormers would incur long-distance telephone charges.
Grand Central Terminal cleaning will be reduced and six positions elimated. Reductions would occur in two specific areas. The overnight cleaning crew in Grand Central would be reduced. This crew is tasked with cleaning the Terminal in a span of 3-1/2 hours and cleaing up after storms- rain and snow. This reduction will impact Metro-North's ability to clean the building in normal conditions, but will inhibit special event suppport (much of which takes place during the hours that the terminal is closed) and emergency response. Platforms will also be cleaned of paper and debris with less frequency. The frequency of power washing the tactile warning strips will also be reduced, resulting in increased dirtinesss and continued deterioration.
The Station Master's Office in Grand Central North will closed. It provides a location for commuters and visitors obtain assistance and directions on that side of the terminal.
Two ticket sller positions will be elimated. The amount of time that some customers will have to wait on line to purchase a ticket will increase.
Four telephone staffs at Customer Information Center will be elimated. This reduction will result in increased customer wait times for information during service disruptions and special events.
Ticket offices at Crestwood, Harrison and New Canaan stations will close and replaced by Ticket Vending Machine.
Ticke window hours would also be reduced at 4 New Haven Line stations, Port Chester, Greenwich, Wesport and Fairfield. Ticket vending machines are available at these locations.
On east side of Hudson River, they will elimate nine East of Hudson trains (three Hudson Line; two Harlem Line; four New Haven Line). The reduction includes one pm-peak train, seven off-peak weekdays trains and one weekend train. Six of the nine trains will be combined with other trains, thereby increasing treavel time. The remaining three trains will be elimated, reducing train frequency. Over 2,000 custoemrs will experinece a reduction in train frequency from 30 up to 75 minutes and approximately 3,500 customers will experience an increase in travel time up to 19 minutes. Twelve engineer/coundctor potions will be elimated.
On west side of Hudson River, Port Jervis Line expresss trains will make local stops in New Jersey, additing 10-20 minutes of travel time. The weekend service on the Pascack Valley Line, which was instituted a year ago, will be reduced.
Metro-North has retained 30 M1 fleet cars which now will be retired from service and prepared for disposal. This would further exacerbate the potential of not meeting consist compliance numbers, worsen crowding conditions, elimate ability to have replacement vehicles for emergencies and not have a dedicated fleet for Yankees Stadium shuttle service.
PLEASE SEND MESSAGE TO ALBANY WE DON'T WANT ANY FARE HIKE ON BOTH MTA AND BEE-LINE BUS SYSTEM OR MNRR/LIRR AND NO SERVICE CUT ON BUSES AND SUBWAYS!!
WE ALSO DON'T WANT REDUCTION OF EMPLOYEES!
We urgu you to cover the findings of gaps created by Metropolitan Transportation Authority. We do not want Metropolitan Transportation and Westchester County Bee-Line bus System to increase 23% and service cut on Metropolitan Transportation's subways, Staten Island Railway and buses, well as reduction of station and customer assistant booths.
We do not want Long Island bus to be seperate fare.
We do not want paratransit increase either.
We signed the "Prevent Bee-Line buses and MTA from increasing" petition!
# 21:
6:50 pm PDT, Mar 29,
Judette Kraics, New York
# 20:
8:26 pm PST, Feb 7,
Name not displayed, New York
The B48 is the most convenient bus for those of us living in Greenpoint. It allows access to the G, L and JMZ lines. Without this bus getting to these subway lines would be impossible.
The B48 is the most convenient bus for those of us living in Greenpoint. It allows access to the G, L and JMZ lines. Without this bus getting to these subway lines would be impossible.
# 19:
10:28 am PST, Feb 6,
Michelle Puissant, New York
# 18:
9:13 pm PST, Feb 4,
Ari R. Kolman, Canada
What’s wrong with the Government here, this is Another Disgusting Example of Government/Big Business & Religious Corruption, wasteful spending, discrimination and Crimes against Humanity!!”. The System is corrupt to the core!! Ridiculous Pork barrel Policy Twisting Fanatics!! We Will All Distribute This Page to Big Media and Start Letting those “Useless Talking Heads on TV News” know what’s really worth reporting to the world… I’m sickened and disgusted. I Beg all Intelligent and Responsible People to Please Stop Letting This Happen STILL..
What’s wrong with the Government here, this is Another Disgusting Example of Government/Big Business & Religious Corruption, wasteful spending, discrimination and Crimes against Humanity!!”. The System is corrupt to the core!! Ridiculous Pork barrel Policy Twisting Fanatics!! We Will All Distribute This Page to Big Media and Start Letting those “Useless Talking Heads on TV News” know what’s really worth reporting to the world… I’m sickened and disgusted. I Beg all Intelligent and Responsible People to Please Stop Letting This Happen STILL..
# 17:
5:11 pm PST, Feb 3,
Georgia Pantelatos, New York
I also take the Q26 to St. Francis Prep. Its the most convenient way to school for me as well. If the Q26 shuts down, then i would have to either take a cab everyday from where i live or go through a long route to get to school. i believe that the Q26 is very important to the people who take it for transportation to the school and work. Please don't shut down the Q26 route.
I also take the Q26 to St. Francis Prep. Its the most convenient way to school for me as well. If the Q26 shuts down, then i would have to either take a cab everyday from where i live or go through a long route to get to school. i believe that the Q26 is very important to the people who take it for transportation to the school and work. Please don't shut down the Q26 route.
# 16:
4:55 pm PST, Feb 3,
Mary Boci, New York
# 15:
4:37 pm PST, Feb 3,
Angela Plazas, New York
I am also a student at St. Francis Prep. I take the Q26 to school, and i take it back home. If you eliminate not only I, who lives about 45 minutes away from the school, would have to go through a longer and time consuming route. Many other kids from SFP, and people who are working around the area, which there is a lot of, would have trouble getting to their house or to their work, or even to school. When it snows or rains, the Q26 is the most convenient way to go around. This route is very necessary to our daily life. Please do not eliminate the Q26 line.
I am also a student at St. Francis Prep. I take the Q26 to school, and i take it back home. If you eliminate not only I, who lives about 45 minutes away from the school, would have to go through a longer and time consuming route. Many other kids from SFP, and people who are working around the area, which there is a lot of, would have trouble getting to their house or to their work, or even to school. When it snows or rains, the Q26 is the most convenient way to go around. This route is very necessary to our daily life. Please do not eliminate the Q26 line.
# 14:
4:20 pm PST, Feb 3,
Name not displayed, New York
I am a student at St. Francis Prep. The Q26 is very important for students at Prep and other students too. We rely on the 26 to get to AND from school. Eliminating this bus will mean that we would have to take longer ways to get to school. This is the quickest and most convienient way. Also, eliminating this route is only going to stress the other bus routes.
I am a student at St. Francis Prep. The Q26 is very important for students at Prep and other students too. We rely on the 26 to get to AND from school. Eliminating this bus will mean that we would have to take longer ways to get to school. This is the quickest and most convienient way. Also, eliminating this route is only going to stress the other bus routes.
# 13:
8:56 am PST, Feb 3,
Lisa Chappell, New York
The Q26 is the only transportation myself and my elderly mother have to get to supermarkets, banks, the subway, doctor offices and various other essentials required for daily living. Eliminating this valuable resource would drastically effect our daily lives as we do not own a car and rely heavily on the Q26 bus line as do a majority of our neighbors. This fact is confirmed Monday through Friday during rush hour as the bus is often filled to capacity halfway through its route to Main Street; proving that ridership numbers are very high and that the Q26 is a much needed, highly utilized transportation resource in our community. Please do not eliminate the Q26 bus line. Our seniors, our school-aged children and our working class residents will greatly suffer without it. Thanks for listening. Lisa Chappell
The Q26 is the only transportation myself and my elderly mother have to get to supermarkets, banks, the subway, doctor offices and various other essentials required for daily living. Eliminating this valuable resource would drastically effect our daily lives as we do not own a car and rely heavily on the Q26 bus line as do a majority of our neighbors. This fact is confirmed Monday through Friday during rush hour as the bus is often filled to capacity halfway through its route to Main Street; proving that ridership numbers are very high and that the Q26 is a much needed, highly utilized transportation resource in our community. Please do not eliminate the Q26 bus line. Our seniors, our school-aged children and our working class residents will greatly suffer without it. Thanks for listening. Lisa Chappell
# 12:
8:16 am PST, Feb 3,
Annie Lu, New York
Please do not eliminate the Q26 line. I will be forced to walk 30 minutes to the Q27 line in the freezing snow or blistering heat!
Please do not eliminate the Q26 line. I will be forced to walk 30 minutes to the Q27 line in the freezing snow or blistering heat!
# 11:
2:19 pm PST, Feb 1,
Margarita Tsang, New York
Elimination of Q26 bus line to add an extra 30 minutes to my daily commute to work.
Elimination of Q26 bus line to add an extra 30 minutes to my daily commute to work.
# 10:
8:55 pm PST, Jan 31,
Pam Boland, Georgia
# 9:
5:13 pm PST, Jan 30,
Steve Dale, Australia
THESE HIKES IN COSTS ARE WRONG AS THE ECONOMY CANT AFFORD IT,PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO LIVE DAILY AND YOU NOW WANT TO INCREASE THE FARES FOR THOSE WHO CAN LEAST AFFORD IT,MAKE THE RICH,GOVERNMENTS AND RELIGION PAY THERE PROPER TAXES AND YOU WOULDNT NEED TO INCREASE SO OFTEN OR BY AS MUCH,MAKE EVERYONE PAY THERE PROPER TAXES INCLUDING BIG BUSINESS.
THESE HIKES IN COSTS ARE WRONG AS THE ECONOMY CANT AFFORD IT,PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO LIVE DAILY AND YOU NOW WANT TO INCREASE THE FARES FOR THOSE WHO CAN LEAST AFFORD IT,MAKE THE RICH,GOVERNMENTS AND RELIGION PAY THERE PROPER TAXES AND YOU WOULDNT NEED TO INCREASE SO OFTEN OR BY AS MUCH,MAKE EVERYONE PAY THERE PROPER TAXES INCLUDING BIG BUSINESS.
# 8:
8:02 am PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New York
# 6:
7:14 pm PST, Jan 29,
Derick F., Canada
# 5:
6:31 pm PST, Jan 29,
Kristina Salgado, Arkansas
# 4:
5:37 pm PST, Jan 29,
Chum R, Canada
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/more-and-better-bike-lanes
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/more-and-better-bike-lanes
# 3:
5:31 pm PST, Jan 29,
Name not displayed, California
those are huge increases and at a time when we have millions and millions of jobless, homeless, hungry and ill americans.
those are huge increases and at a time when we have millions and millions of jobless, homeless, hungry and ill americans.
# 2:
3:41 pm PST, Jan 29,
Seth Stern, New Jersey
# 1:
12:39 pm PST, Jan 29,
Toni Sokoloski, Massachusetts
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