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June 29, 2010
Atlantic Yards YES! Transit Riders, NO!!
Bus and subway riders who woke up yesterday to find that their regular buses and subways no longer exist can take solace in the fact that the deficit-riddled MTA gave Bruce Ratner a giant discount so he could build a shiny new basketball palace.
The Brooklyn Paper, MTA service cuts make it a Monday from hell
Mass transit became mass confusion on Monday, as the most severe service cuts to the city’s transit system in 30 years took hold in Brooklyn, where 26 bus lines were restructured or eliminated, a subway line vanished, and service became slower and more crowded.
Riders across the borough endured 90-degree heat as they made a sweaty trudge to new bus stops, where they deciphered new maps, grew frustrated by outdated information, and ultimately threw caution to the wind.
“I’ll take the B61, and hopefully it will work — but I’m not really sure where it goes,” admitted Richard Isaacson, a Park Slope resident who would normally hop on the B71 or B75 at Smith and Ninth streets, but can’t anymore because the two lines were eliminated in an effort by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to close an alleged $800-million budget shortfall.
...The B64 bus used to stop right outside Vinny Galbo’s Bath Beach bakery on Harway Avenue and Bay 50th Street. But service south of 25th Avenue was cut, leaving Galbo without customers — and with a new job.
“I have to go outside every five minutes and tell people that there is no longer a bus stopping here,” he said. It’s like another job all in itself.”
It’s also disappointing considering that all these people paid their taxes, all for what?
NoLandGrab: For what? For Bruce Ratner's bottom line, of course.
Posted by eric at June 29, 2010 11:10 AM