Comments on: Breaking: Planned service upgrades shelved, for now

By: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog » Blog Archive » Planned service upgrades going… going… gone

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:13:10 +0000

[...] three months after announcing that the service upgrades were to be postponed, the MTA has shelved them entirely due to dire financial circumstances. What an utterly [...]

By: Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » MTA Source: If congestion pricing fails, expect more fare hikes

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:01:39 +0000

[...] the MTA, the fiscal news really is this bad. Just a 10 days after the MTA had to indefinitely postpone service upgrades that should have come our way after the fare hike, Benjamin notes that the [...]

By: Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » As Albany waver on MTA money, cuts and hikes simmer on the horizon

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:41:46 +0000

[...] news just keeps getting worse for the MTA. Seven days after we learned that the MTA will have to indefinitely postpone planned service upgrades, the news out of Albany is rather dire for the financially-strapped [...]

By: Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » Work continues while service upgrades don’t

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:21:17 +0000

[...] Monday, the agency announced that planned service upgrades would be shelved. Coupled with a few other announcements — such as fewer on-time trains — it ended being a [...]

By: Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » MTA sells Hudson Yard land rights for $1B

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:17:25 +0000

[...] completion of the 7 line stop at 41st and 10th Ave. Don’t count on the windfall going toward the now-shelved service upgrades. [City [...]

By: The Secret Conductor

The Secret Conductor — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:57:00 +0000

as far as more people taking the subway because the economy is bad actually work against getting more people on the trains… why? because they are out of work. no work, no reason to spend 10 dollars a week on fare.

By: Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » The MTA’s worst Monday ever

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:36:48 +0000

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:19:11 +0000

This is a horrific PR movie by the MTA because it reduces their credibility even more with another bait and switch. I feel that they should’ve just kept the plan or at least a piece of it to placate the masses.

I would think the sagging economy is actually putting more people onto the subway and bus system because people cannot afford to take their cars into the city or around town.

These plans weren’t supposed to be put in until December though so we have time. Hopefully things can turn around.