NYC commuters bracing for massive subway and bus service cuts; MTA trying to fill $800M gap
By Marc Beja, APThursday, June 24, 2010
NYC commuters brace for subway, bus service cuts
NEW YORK — Commuters using the country’s largest public transportation system will have to figure out how to travel around New York City with fewer subway and bus lines.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is slashing whole service lines, and rerouting and reducing remaining services this weekend.
The cutbacks are to help fill an $800 million budget gap, and the MTA says the reductions will save more than $90 million.
Two subway lines between Manhattan and Queens are scheduled to make their final runs Friday night. By Monday morning, another line will be rerouted to cover some of the cut stations.
The city’s bus lines are also taking a hit, with 37 routes being eliminated and others facing service reductions at night and on weekends. Train and bus service also is being reduced in New York’s suburbs.
