Monday marks a big day in the run up to the impending fare hike. Just two days from now, the MTA will conduct its first public hearings at which you, the subway-riding public, can speak out about the fare hike. To register to speak, find out more information here, but you get only three minutes to speak.
But Monday is only the start of the public hearings. Today, I got word of a new hearing designed to open up the floor a little bit. The MTA and the Empire State Transportation Alliance will co-host what they are calling an interactive forum at NYU on Saturday, November 17 at 10 a.m. Here’s how it works, courtesy of the MTA’s press release:
The forum will provide MTA customers with another opportunity to weigh in on proposed fare and toll increases as
well as ideas for the future of the nation’s largest transportation network. While the traditional, mandated public hearings that begin on November 5 allow MTA customers to make a brief public statement, the November 17 forum will provide more information and an extended conversation that will inform the MTA Board before it considers the budget in December…Participants will be seated at tables of ten, and will receive presentations on the MTA financial plan and long-term goals before taking part in discussions with other participants. Each table will include an impartial facilitator to ensure a productive dialogue and to take notes that will share each table’s findings with MTA Board members and staff. Senior MTA staff will be on hand to answer questions and give presentations.
This forum really is your chance to be heard. So sign up and get your voice out there. Remember: Without more money — either from a fare hike or from other sources — the MTA would seriously have to consider making some of these weekend service changes permanent.
Without further ado, your weekend service advisories are after jump.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 5, there is no 1 train service between 14th Street and South Ferry due to Port Authority work at Cortlandt Street for WTC site. Customers may take the 2 or 3 between 14th Street and Chambers Street. Free shuttle buses will run between Chambers Street and South Ferry.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 5, 1 trains skip 28th, 23rd and 18th Streets in both directions due to Port Authority work and switch replacement at 14th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 5, downtown 1 trains skip 66th, 59th and 50th Street due to station rehab work at 59th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 5, uptown 2 and 3 trains run express from Chambers Street to 34th Street, then local from Times Square to 96th Street. Downtown 2 and 3 trains run on the local track from 96th Street to 72nd Street and from Time Square to Chambers Street. This is due to switch work at 14th Street and Prot Authority work at WTC site.
At all times until Monday, November 12, Manhattan-bound 4 trains skip Mosholu Parkway due to station rehabilitation.
From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, November 3, there is no 5 train service between 149th Street and East 180th Street due to tie replacement work north of East 180th Street. Customers may take the 2 instead.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 5, Bronx-bound 6 trains run express from 3rd Avenue to Hunts Point Avenue due to track panel installation at Whitlock Avenue.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, November 3 to 10 p.m. Sunday, November 4, free shuttle buses replace trains between Main and 111th Streets due to switch replacement work at Willets Point.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 5, Manhattan-bound A trains run on the F from Jay to West 4th Streets due to signal work at Chambers Street. Customers may take the E for Chambers, Canal and Spring Sts. From High Street and Broadway-Nassau take the Brooklyn-bound A to Jay Street and transfer to a Manhattan-bound A.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 5, there is no C train service due to signal work at chambers Street and station rehab work at 59th Street. Queens-bound A trains run local from 168th Street to Euclid Avenue. Manhattan-bound A trains run local from Euclid Avenue to Jay Street and from West 4th to 168th Street.
From 11 p.m., Friday, November 2 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 5 (and weekends through December 31), Bronx-bound D trains run express from 145th Street to Fordham Road due to track/roadbed replacement at 161st Street.
From 10 p.m., Friday, November 2 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 5, Coney Island-bound D trains run express from 9th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to maintenance work between 9th Avenue and Bay 50th.
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, November 3 and Sunday, November 4, Manhattan-bound F trains skip Avenue U.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 5, Coney Island-bound F trains skip 4th Avenue, 15th Street-Prospect Park, and Fort Hamilton Parkway due to substation rehab work at Caton Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 5, F trains run in two sections:
- Between Stillwell Avenue and Avenue X and
- Between Avenue X and 179th Street
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 5, Manhattan-bound F trains run on the V line from Roosevelt Avenue to 47th-50th Streets.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, November 2 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 5, free shuttle buses replace M trains between Metropolitan Avenue and Myrtle Avenue-Broadway.
2 comments
Could it be–the G is running to Forest Hills?
Ah, sorry to get your hopes up, but the G is off the list of weekly service advisories from the MTA because of this: No trains between 71-Continental Avs and Court Sq. Weekend until further notice.
I’ll have to remember to update my list to include that change.