East Side/West Side changes mark weekend advisories

Earlier this week, we took a brief look at the Ravitch Commission. The 12 members tasked with saving the MTA are all highly-regarded transit and finance experts who will do their best to find the money to keep our trains running.

Today, Streetsblog lets us in a not-so-secret secret: A fair number of the commission members are suppporters of congestion pricing. Four of the 12 members, not counting Ravitch, would seem to support a congestion charge proposal, and my money’s on Ravitch’s commission producing a report calling for a fee. It will be much harder to ignore this plan than it was for the state legislature to shoot down Mayor Bloomberg’s fee.

Meanwhile, service advisories:

From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, June 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 16, uptown 1 trains skip 79th, 86th, 103rd, 110th, 116th, and 125th Streets due to station rehab at 96th Street and track chip-out at 110h Street.

From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, June 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 16, uptown 2 trains replace the 5 from Nevins Street to 149th Street-Grand Concourse. Uptown 5 trains replace the 2 from Chambers Street to 149th Street-Grand Concourse. These changes are due to the Clark Street tunnel lighting project.

Brooklyn-bound trains skip Bergen St., Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway from 11 p.m. on Friday, June 13 to 7 a.m. on Sunday, June 14, from 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 14 to 8 a.m. on Sunday, June 15 and from 11 p.m. on Sunday, June 15 to 5 a.m. on Monday, June 16.

From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, June 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 16, there are no 3 trains between New Lots Avenue and 14th Street. In Manhattan, take the uptown 5 or downtown 2. In Brooklyn, take the 4 making all local stops. These changes are due to the Clark Street tunnel lighting project.

From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, June 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 16, uptown 5 trains skip 79th and 86th Streets due to station rehab at 96th Street-Broadway.

From 4 a.m. Saturday, June 14 to 10 p.m. Sunday, June 15, Bronx-bound 6 trains run express from Hunts Point Avenue to Parkchester due to track panel work between Hunts Point Avenue and Parkchester. The last stop for some 6 trains is 125th Street.

From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, June 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 16, there is no C train service. A trains run local between 168th Street and Euclid Avenue. Manhattan-bound A trains run on the F from Jay to West 4th Streets. For Chambers, Canal, and Spring Streets, take the E instead. From High Street and Broadway-Nassau, take a Brooklyn-bound A to Jay Street and transfer to a Manhattan-bound A. These changes are due to Chambers Street Signal Modernization.

From 4 a.m. Saturday, June 14 to 10 p.m. Sunday, June 15, Coney Island-bound D trains run on the N line from 36th Street (Brooklyn) to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to track panel work between 9th Avenue and Bay 50th Street.

From 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 13 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 16, there are no G trains between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Court Square due to track chip-out between 36th Street and Roosevelt Avenue. Take the E or R instead.

From 4 a.m. Saturday, June 14 to 10 p.m. Sunday, June 15, free shuttle buses replace J trains between Crescent Street and the Jamaica-Van Wyck E station. (There are no J trains between Crescent Street and Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer.) This is due to track panel installation between Cypress Hills and Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer.

From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, June 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 16, Brooklyn-bound NR train are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge from Canal Street to DeKalb Avenue due to track roadbed work between Prince and Whitehall Streets.