Nancy Shevell might just be the most famous MTA Board member these days. A 2001 Pataki appointee to the board, she is an executive with the New England Motor Freight, Inc. (NEMF) and the Shevell Group of Companies. But she is far better known these days as being the lady friend of one Sir Paul McCartney.
According to a recent AP story, though, Shevell seems to spend more time with the former Beatle than with the MTA. In fact, she is the most delinquent board member. Since last January, she has missed four board meetings and has 26 total absences. She has managed to appear at just one meeting of the MTA Finance Committee but hasn’t missed a red carpet appearance with her famous beau.
The AP gets into the details. She missed a meeting last fall only to be spotted in Israel with McCartney a day later. She missed the Finance Committee vote on the new fares in March to attend a premiere in London.
Yet, despite these absences, Shevell has earned himself some high praise from board members. They find her smart and thoughtful when she bothers to show up. “I think she’s great,” Andrew Albert said. “When she’s there, she’s conscientious and cares. If she’s happy, that’s great. She’ll decide when she can’t do it anymore.”
MTA Board members are uncompensated and can’t really be compelled to attend meetings. With the agency in need of some serious public advocates though, hopefully current and future appointees will make it a point to lobby for the authority in times of need.
Meanwhile, the weekend service advisories:
From 12:01 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. Saturday, April 11, from 12:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. Sunday, April 12 and from 12:30 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, April 13, 2 trains run in two sections:
- Between 241st Street and Utica Avenue and
- Between Franklin Avenue and Flatbush Avenue (every 30 minutes)
From 12:01 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. Saturday, April 11, from 12:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. Sunday, April 12 and from 12:30 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, April 13, Brooklyn-bound 2 & 4 trains run express from Atlantic to Utica Avenues.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 11 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 13, there are no 5 trains between East 180th Street and 149th Street. Customers should take the 2 instead.
Note: Shuttle trains run every 30 minutes between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 11 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 13, Bronx-bound 6 trains run express from 3rd Avenue to Hunts Point Avenue due to platform edge rehabilitation at the Cypress Avenue, East 143rd Street, East 149th Street and Longwood Avenue stations.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, April 11 to 10 p.m. Sunday, April 12, 6 trains run every 16 minutes between Pelham Bay Park and 3rd Avenue.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, April 11 to 10 p.m. Sunday, April 12, Manhattan-bound 6 trains run express from Pelham Bay Park to Parkchester.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, April 11 to 10 p.m. Sunday, April 12, the last stop for some Bronx-bound 6 trains is 3rd Avenue.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, April 11 to10 p.m. Sunday, April 12, Manhattan-bound 7 trains skip 111th, 103rd, 90th, and 82nd Streets.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 11 to 5 a.m. Sunday, April 12, there is no C train service. Customers should take the A instead. Uptown A trains run local from Euclid Avenue to 168th Street. Downtown A trains run local from 168th Street to West 4th Street, then on the F to Jay Street. A trains resume local service from Jay Street to Euclid Avenue. These changes are due to the Jay Street station rehabilitation project and rail work.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, April 10 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 13, free shuttle buses replace D trains between 205th Street and Bedford Park Blvd.
From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday, April 12, Manhattan-bound D train skips 174th-175th and 170th Streets.
From 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 11 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 13, Jamaica-bound EF trains run local from Roosevelt Avenue and Forest Hills-71st Avenue due to a track chip-out north of Grand Avenue.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, April 10 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 13, Manhattan-bound EF trains run local from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to Roosevelt Avenue.
From 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 10 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 13 (until further notice), there are no G trains between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Court Square. Customers should take the E or R instead.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, April 10 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 13, there are no L trains between 8th Avenue and Union Square. Customers should use the M14 or shuttle bus instead.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 11 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 13, L trains run in two sections:
- Between Union Square and Bedford Avenue every 16 minutes, skipping 3rd Avenue and
- Between Bedford Avenue and Rockaway Parkway ever 8 minutes
Note: Overnight, trains run every 20 minutes.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 11 to 5 a.m. Sunday, April 12, N trains run local between 59th Street-4th Avenue and DeKalb Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 11 to 5 a.m. Sunday, April 12, Brooklyn-bound N and R trains are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge from Canal Street to DeKalb Avenue. Customers may take the 4 at nearby stations.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, April 10 to 5 a.m. Sunday, April 12, there are no Q trains between 57th Street-7th Avenue and Prospect Park. N trains replace the Q between 57thStreet-7th Avenue and Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street. Free shuttle buses replace the Q train between Atlantic Avenue and Prospect Park.
From 5 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12, R trains are extended to the 179th Street F station due to a track chip-out north of Grand Avenue.
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Good. The MTA doesn’t need a trucking advocate right now anyway.
. . . subways can’t buy me love.
No, no, nooooo . . .
Still, imagine if Paul McCartney wrote a song about bridge tolls.
John Lennon’s brand of populist outrage is a more appropriate response to this situation, though. “Well, I don’t want to be a State Senator, mama…”