See how I worked in that reference in the headline to the MTA’s Public Engagement Workshop? Clever, huh?
Well, here’s the story. Tomorrow, Saturday, November 17, at 10 a.m., the MTA along with the Empire State Transportation Alliance are holding a more inclusive public forum at NYU. This is an interactive workshop designed to include more views from the public on the current state of the MTA.
Aaron Donovan, the new deputy press secretary at the MTA, talked with me about the forum of the this workshop. In an e-mail, he said:
At this workshop we expect to make three presentations: the first will be a financial overview given by MTA Executive Director and CEO Elliot G. “Lee” Sander, the second will be a presentation about the two fare options we have proposed, and the third will be a description of what our next capital program might look like and should include a poll of what people think the MTA of the future should look like. After each presentation there will be an interactive session. People will be seated at tables and each table will have an outside, non-MTA facilitator to foster a conversation that will seek participants’ thoughts, feelings and reactions to each presentation.
Basically, the MTA will give its position and listen as others chime in. I’m particularly intrigued by the discussions about the MTA’s next capital program and the poll about the future. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section of this post about those two topics, and it’s not too late to register.
Donovan says the MTA is also looking forward to those segments of the workshop. “We hope to get a better sense of what peoples preferencese are and their visions are for the MTA today and tomorrow,” he said.
A presentation about this forum as well as the results of the fare hearings will be presented to the MTA board members because they don’t like to attend these things themselves. I’ll have my own write-up here as well.
Meanwhile, today the B got a C-minus and the MTA announced its plans to ease up on traffic during the holiday season. And now your service alerts.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, 1 trains skip 28th, 23rd, and 18th Streets in both directions due to work on the Cortlandt Street underpinning.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, there are no 1 trains between 14th Street and South Ferry due to work on the Cortlandt Street underpinning. Customers may take the 2 or 3 between 14th Street and Chambers Street. Free shuttle buses run between Chambers Street and South Ferry.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, downtown 2 and 3 trains run on the local 1 track from 96th Street to Chamber Street due to work on the Cortlandt Street underpinning.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, uptown 2and 3 trains run express from Chambers to 34th Streets, then local on the 1 track from Times Square to 96th Street due to a concrete pour north of 14th Street station.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 10 p.m. Sunday, November 18, Bronx-bound 6 trains run express from Hunts Point Avenue to Parkchester due to track panel installation south of Parkchester-East 177th Street station. The last stop for some Bronx-bound 6 trains is 125th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, the NQS and free shuttle buses replace 7 train service between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza due to tunnel installation of communications equipment, signal removals south of 33rd Street-Rawson Street, and track work south of Queensboro Plaza.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, Manhattan-bound 7 trains skip 52nd, 46th, 40th, and 33rd Streets due to tunnel installation of communications equipment, signal removals south of 33rd Street-Rawson Street, and track work south of Queensboro Plaza.
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, November 17 and Sunday, November 18, shuttle trains replace A service between Far Rockaway and Rockaway Blvd. due to test train equipment installation and test train run south of Howard Beach-JFK station.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, uptown A and C trains skip Spring, 23rd and 50th Streets due to cable work north of West 4th Street station.
From 11 p.m., Friday, November 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19 (and weekends through December 3), Bronx-bound D trains run express from 145th Street to Fordham Road due to track/roadbed replacement at 161st Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, Coney Island-bound D trains run express from 9th Avenue (Sunset Park) to Coney Island/Stillwell Avenue due to switch renewal south of 9th Avenue station.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 7 a.m. Sunday, November 18, Manhattan-bound F trains skip Ft. Hamilton Parkway, 15th Street/Prospect Park, and 4th Avenue due to cable installation south of 36th Street station.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, Manhattan-bound F trains run on the V from Roosevelt Avenue to 47th-50th Streets due to signal and ADA work north of Ditmas Avenue station.
From 8:30 p.m. Friday, November 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, there are no G trains between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Court Square due to structural work. Customers may take the E or R instead.
From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, November 17 and Sunday, November 18, Queens-bound J trains skip Hewes Street, Lorimer Street, and Flushing Avenue, due to track repairs.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, free shuttle buses replace M trains between Metropolitan Avenue and Myrtle Avenue/Broadway due to platform repairs between Wyckoff Ave. and Central Ave. stations.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, Coney Island-bound N trains skip Avenue U and 86th Street due to asbestos abatement in manholes between Kings Highway and 86th Street stations.
From 1 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, Brooklyn-bound N and R trains are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge from Canal Street to DeKalb Avenue due to structural work.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 19, Manhattan-bound R trains run express from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to Roosevelt Avenues due to cable and electrical work.
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Random Comment: The Wife isn’t a fan of most blogs, but she reads yours every weekend for the service advisories.