Local Groups Hit Atlantic Station to Push Ravitch Plan
Faced with a $1.2 billion deficit, the MTA has threatened to hike fares from $2.00 to $2.50 and institute severe cutbacks to outer-borough service; in Brooklyn, which would be particularly hard hit, the M train would lose 28 rush hour trains and the Z train would be eliminated altogether. In the face of this crisis,…
Faced with a $1.2 billion deficit, the MTA has threatened to hike fares from $2.00 to $2.50 and institute severe cutbacks to outer-borough service; in Brooklyn, which would be particularly hard hit, the M train would lose 28 rush hour trains and the Z train would be eliminated altogether. In the face of this crisis, several groups set up shop in the Atlantic-Pacific station to urge riders to let Governor Paterson know that they support the recommendations of the Ravitch Commission (which include a toll on East River bridges). Citywide groups NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign, Environmental Defense Fund, Regional Plan Association, Transportation Alternatives and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign joined the Brooklyn-based UPROSE, Pratt Center and Downtown Brooklyn Partnership in handing out fliers and collecting signatures on a giant plea to the governor.
oops- subway. A little fumblefingered here- Goldie, I need that coffee.
11215- in the long run better serving the outer boroughs will have more impact. Not to mention, perhaps cut down on the necessity for cars. In many places its an necessity because of a lack of mass transit. 2 buses and then a train is torture, not mass transit. And for those who must depend on cars due to that, chances are they will be paying tolls now- something which will impact working people in the outer boroughs. So they get screwed twice.
I’m sure the 2dn Ave. suybway will make a lot of people happy- just not the ones who really do need a better system.
happy to pay for schools even though i dont have kids…so that the rugrats dont grow up to be the types that will break into my car.
manhattan may be packed with subway lines, but the UES certainly is not. what the UES is packed with is more high-rises residential buildings than any other place in this COUNTRY. unlike most of low-rise Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
yes, the second avenue subway is phenomenally expensive, but it is going to serve SO many people that it will actually be one of the most cost-effective transit projects of our time.
Hey snappy- he sounds like a guy after my own heart :-).
But actually I have no problem with my taxes going to the school system or the roads and infrastructure. I was simply pointing out the unfairness of the system and kind of expanding on what dittoburg was saying. Which goldie misinterpreted in his churlitude.
I would love a free mass transit system too- but I think it’s unrealistic. Yet the money we are spending on the second Ave. subway infuriates me- Manhattan is packed with subway and bus lines. How about adding to Brooklyn, the Bronx or Queens. Or at least upgrading the services in those boroughs?
While a free subway and bus system sounds great for my wallet, my gut reaction is that it’s a bad idea.
Bxgirl- my father would love you! He says all the time “I don’t have kids in school anymore. Why the hell am I paying to educate those snotty nosed little (expletive removed!)?”
goldie- first of my comment is about fairness, and trying to rethink a bad system – not about a plan of action. Some of us actually believe there is room for improvement and care to think about it.
rob- churlish= Goldie before coffee. Perfect example. It’s curmudgeonly without aforethought.:-)
“innit”
Are you cockney goldie?
ok i just got my morning coffee. calm now. retract my snarky comments. free everything to everyone!!!