Preliminary Budget

[Union Tpke]

http://web.mta.info/news/pdf/MTA-2019-Prelim-Budget-July-Financial-Plan-2019-2022-Vol2.pdf

SBS

  Defer new Select Bus Service routes until 2021 - await the results from the Network Redesign, which is a critical component of the “Bus Plan”.

The SBS budget assumes 2 new routes per year. Following implementation of the B82, defer new routes to 2021.

Booths

De-staff eight full-time and four part-time auxiliary booths and reduce coverage at seven auxiliary booths from full-time to part-time while still maintaining at least one full-time booth in each station and/or station complex.

Washington Heights Elevator Attendants

All elevators in the subway system, including the five stations in Washington Heights, are automatic and are equipped with a customer talkback system that allows customers to communicate with the Station Agent at the station's full time booth. Only the Washington Heights station elevators continue to be staffed, despite their automatic operation.

Eliminate Cleaners operating Washington Heights elevators - one cleaner 24/7 at 5 stations, 168Implementation Plan: St A Line, 181 St A Line, 190 St A Line, 181 St 1 Line and 191 St 1 Line. Dedicated vendor maintenance has improved reliability and provides back-up to NYCT maintenance staff.

 

The projected 2019 increase is mainly driven by NYCT ($58 million), attributable to the Subway and Bus Action Plans which target key areas of track, signal, and infrastructure as well as station, fleet, bus service and customer communications. Other unfavorable variances include B&T ($4 million), mostly due to inflationary and contractual increases, and MTAHQ ($4 million), mainly due to ongoing costs related to the Madison Avenue properties, inflation, and contractual increases. These unfavorable projections are partially offset by decreases of $3 million at MNR, due mostly to the timing of repairs for equipment damaged in the Bridgeport derailment, the BL- 20 Locomotive Overhaul Program, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandated repairs. Other decreases include SIR ($3 million) due to the completion of R44 maintenance work, and MTA Bus ($2 million) due to Shop Program and inflationary changes.

The projected 2020 decrease is mainly driven by the following: NYCT ($35 million), reflecting lower Subway and Bus Action Plans requirements; MTA Bus ($10 million), mostly due to the end of the Articulated Bus program, facility Wi-Fi, Bus Camera, and Shop Program changes; and MNR ($2 million), due to the timing of repairs required for equipment damaged in the Bridgeport derailment, Ticket Vending Machine (TVM) chip upgrades, and a reduction in real estate rental expenses. Costs are projected to increase at the LIRR ($6 million), reflective of Moynihan Station maintenance and other operating costs, East Side Access (ESA) readiness efforts, and also for the above-mentioned reasons at B&T ($4 million).

Far Rockaway

 2018 – 2019 decrease reflects lower investments in Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), various maintenance of way professional service agreements, M-7 Propulsion Consultant’s work, Far Rockaway Station demolition and shelter shed buildout and the migration to a new credit card clearing house, partially offset by decommissioning of obsolete equipment.

MetroCard Bus

Background Details: On average, the mobile sales unit conducts approximately 190 site visits per month, with limited additional revenue generated. Total site visits will be reduced to approximately 95 per month.

Bus to the Ferry

When NYC DOT increased Staten Island Ferry service from 1 trip to 2 trips per hour during overnight hours, NYCT increased bus service to meet the ferry schedule; however ridership has been very low on that service. This proposal reverts bus service back to one per hour.

Track Geometry

A pilot program on approximately 1/3 of the system will reduce manual Track Inspections from 2x to 1x weekly, and add a camera equipped TGC run performing video track inspection. Further, with the installation of Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) in critical corridors, special inspections are no longer needed.

Program Description/ Starting in January 2019, 1 of 2 manual track inspections weekly will be replaced with cameraImplementation Plan: equipped TGC runs doing video track inspections on approximately 1/3 of the system. In addition, in January 2019 special inspection in critical corridors with type 2 track will be eliminated with completion of CWR work.

Cleaning

Terminal car cleaning is the cleaning, trash removal, and mopping of revenue subway cars at the end of a subway line/terminal. Cleaning can occur at either one or both terminals on a given subway line.

Program Description/ This proposal is to reduce second terminal car cleaning staff and trim night staffing at the firstImplementation Plan: terminal at certain locations.

M3

The M3 fleet will be decommissioned in 2018/2019. Other than FRA mandated RCM efforts, preventative maintenance efforts will be significantly decreased due to running systems/components to failure.

[P3F]

"Far Rockaway Station demolition"?

[QM1to6Ave]

So, to summarize, dirtier subway cars, fewer MTA workers in a bunch of stations, fewer track inspections, fewer overnight buses, and no new SBS. Wow, that just sounds wonderful (eye roll)

[Via Garibaldi 8]

22 minutes ago, QM1to6Ave said:

So, to summarize, dirtier subway cars, fewer MTA workers in a bunch of stations, fewer track inspections, fewer overnight buses, and no new SBS. Wow, that just sounds wonderful (eye roll)

Yeah... The stations and trains are already dirty enough and they have the nerve to CUT that!!?? You can't make this stuff up. 

[JeremiahC99]

Why are they ending the Articulated Bus Program?

[Lil 57]

On 7/25/2018 at 2:40 PM, Union Tpke said:

Bus to the Ferry

When NYC DOT increased Staten Island Ferry service from 1 trip to 2 trips per hour during overnight hours, NYCT increased bus service to meet the ferry schedule; however ridership has been very low on that service. This proposal reverts bus service back to one per hour.

Only thing is that ridership will decrease if people have to wait a half hour for a bus to show up after they get off the ferry. People would just take car service home.