MTA: Sorry, a B68 Extension Would be Too Costly....
“Thousands of commuters on the F and G trains have been slapped with major commuting inconveniences since the city began work on the Culver Viaduct last month. The MTA, however, has said too bad. In January Councilmember Brad Lander hit the agency with a petition to extend the B68 signed by 1,238 Brooklyn straphangers. The…
I think the douche is the one who thinks that the transit lines should get him where he wants to go without walking or transferring. You want to engage in commerce on 5th Ave and 12th St? Take the Q to Atlantic. Transfer to the R. Get off at 9th St. Problem solved. By the way, if that walk takes you 15 minutes, you don’t do it enough and I can see why you want door to door delivery from the MTA. You know, people transfer all the time in this city to get where they need to go, and they don’t whine like a prissy little bitch about it.
Douche…I’ve always loved that word.
Two things…
PPW to 5th Avenue is 0.7 miles (or 15 minute walk)
5th Avenue is a major commercial street, not just ‘hipster bars’ you douche. If you recall, business is where tax revenues come from! Where rent comes from! Where jobs come from!
Friggin’ douche. (did I say that already?)
If we get congestion pricing, there will be plenty of money for buses.
This may be the first time I’ve seen someone’s motives attacked for wanting transit to go where they want to go. WOW. In case you haven’t noticed, Jaguar, often bus riders are disproportionately elderly/infirm/people with small children/etc. My 90-year-old grandmother lives in Manhattan and has been able to live a fulfilling life with trips to the museum and to adult education classes at NYU due to the bus system. She wouldn’t be so lucky in Brooklyn. Just because someone thinks “Why don’t you just walk a mile” is an unacceptable attitude for the largest and, unfortunately, best transit system in the country to take doesn’t make them “lazy.”
I’m sure a lot of neighborhoods have been screwed too, but the closing of the northbound platform for 5 months, to be followed by the closing of the southbound from what I understand, really really sucks. And we have had a lot of extra weekend closings recently too. I don’t believe 15th or Ft. Hamilton are getting any benefit.
Wait, so people are too lazy to walk from the end of the B68 line at Prospect Park SW and Prospect Park W to 5th Avenue and 12th St? What would that take you? 5 minutes, maybe 10 if you are slow? They should definitely extend the line so you can go to whatever hipster bar is on 5th and 12th without inconveniencing you too much.
WT has been screwed, but so have many other neighborhoods in the city.
At least the subway thing is temporary and has to do with the MTA improving the system. WT also got G train service out of the repairs.
With the current state of the budget, I predict more bus routes being cut/shortened and less frequent trains next year.
Well WT has been really screwed by the MTA this year. We lost crucial bus lines and now have to walk or go backwards to get into Manhattan.