MTA Postponing Rehabs of Many Brooklyn Stations
Yesterday the MTA announced it will delay the renovation of 19 subway stations around the city, the bulk of which are in Brooklyn. (Runner-up: The Bronx.) The biggest rehab that’s biting the dust, at least for now, is the overhaul of the Smith-9th station. Renovations of a number of stations on the D/M line are…
Yesterday the MTA announced it will delay the renovation of 19 subway stations around the city, the bulk of which are in Brooklyn. (Runner-up: The Bronx.) The biggest rehab that’s biting the dust, at least for now, is the overhaul of the Smith-9th station. Renovations of a number of stations on the D/M line are also being put on hold. To me, a cut is a cut is a cut, said Gene Russianoff, the staff lawyer for the Straphangers Campaign, a transit advocacy group. Their spin is that they’re deferrals, but they’re deferred into no man’s land. MTA chief executive Elliot G. Sander said the postponements are coming because the authority doesn’t know how it’s going to afford the service improvements it’s already started, and that the MTA is facing a budget shortfall due, in large part, to a falloff in tax revenue from real estate transactions.
M.T.A. Cuts Delay Some Big Projects Until 2010 [NY Times]
Graphic from The New York Times.
“the money from congestion pricing would have gone towards TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS, the majority of which would have benefited the outer boroughs.”
That settles it, because I believe EVERYTHING Mike Bloomberg says! He would NEVER lie! He cares about the people.
11:43- the internet may be the great intelligence equalizer but it certainly hasn’t done much for yours. I proudly confess to using Wiki when I need to although since I did know who Rabelais is, I didn’t today. Un like you, who has to use it everyday to look up such basic concepts as “intelligence” “internet” and “equalizer.”
Have you considered eating more fish? You know, brain food? Probably wouldn’t work, but at least you gave it a shot.
dear bxgrl and 11:48
perhaps you guys should have do your research before making stupid comments about congestion pricing
the money from congestion pricing would have gone towards TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS, the majority of which would have benefited the outer boroughs.
“Ever notice that the most inefficient businesses and the ones that were always on the verge of bankruptcy were totally unionized…steel, autos, airlines, MTA, post office, etc., etc., etc.”
“10:33…i was pointing out large parts of the public sector and WHOLE INDUSTRIES not individual companies. Jack@ss.”
According to Dave, the word “businesses” is interchangeable with the phrase “large parts of the public sector and WHOLE INDUSTRIES.” He’s also quite thin-skinned, it seems.
Forget the MTA… get a scooter already!
Instead of descending into the filthy, crowded, stifling subway tunnels, I commute over the Brooklyn Bridge on my scooter every day, with a big smile on my face.
Solution:
remove all cars from Manhattan. Turn streets into bike-throughs and rapid bus transit lines. Increase subway/bus fares to $3. Turn non-bus lanes into bike lanes. Double the number of buses. Turn all parking garages into middle-income housing.
I agree with Brooklynnative.
It’s sad that the mistakes of one well-intentioned but crappy mayor (Lindsay overpaying unions that held him hostage) have to basically screw the city for decades.
Bloomberg was recently complaining that the MTA is over capacity because rising fuel costs were causing more people to use public transportation. What in heaven’s name did he think was going to happen if congestion pricing was passed?
He is useless.
Hey, what happened to the i in bxgirl? Now she’s bxgrl? What gives? It’s also nice to see that he/she knows how to search Wikipedia for Rabelais…. the internet: the great intelligence equalizer.