Via Garibaldi 8 Posted August 14, 2019 Share #1 Posted August 14, 2019 Bronx pols demanding more MTA money for bus service By CLAYTON GUSE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | AUG 13, 2019 | 5:00 AM The BX10 bus. (Richard harbus/Richard Harbus for News) Bronx politicians are up in arms over an MTA plan to rearrange the borough’s bus routes. A group of 17 Bronx elected officials on Tuesday plan to send a letter to MTA Chairman Pat Foye and Gov. Cuomo calling for them to put more money into their constituents’ bus service. Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials are working reconfigure bus routes in all five boroughs to make service more efficient — but transit officials do not expect the changes to cost more money. “We are concerned the ‘cost neutral’ redesign will not make a substantial difference in the lives of bus riders and maintain the status quo,” the letter states. “We ask that you do not continue operating under a cost-neutral plan and invest additional funds in the Bronx bus network redesign.” A draft of the MTA’s Bronx bus redesign plan released in May proposed expanding some routes and shortening others. Assemblyman Marcos Crespo (D-Bronx), who signed the letter, said some of the cuts were a bad idea given that the borough’s population growth. Bronx bus service has "been inadequate for too long,” said Crespo. MTA officials said they are trying their best to improve bus service in the Bronx with a shoestring budget. “Our planners are tasked with putting resources where they’re needed," said MTA spokesman Tim Minton. A collection of transit advocacy groups including Riders Alliance, Straphangers Campaign, TransitCenter and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign plan to hold a rally in the South Bronx on Tuesday to protest the proposed bus service changes. Source: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-bronx-letter-mta-bus-redesign-20190813-h7hbuspbvzd2tjmrs7k3tjnxga-story.html?fbclid=IwAR3MgVxVQDgJFNT3sVNUeHKv9Fy1YpRbB_xTfOzgArpDzUlu5dvgfg6osws I will say that this is a start. I spoke with someone last week about the planned rally. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastFlatbushLarry Posted August 14, 2019 Share #2 Posted August 14, 2019 i don't know why, but when I saw the headline, i automatically thought way to get ahead of the storm, so to speak. don't let what happened to Staten Island reoccur in the Bx. innately, I'd assume they (transit) know they have to get this right, but a quality rally should remind them that people are paying full attention 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted August 14, 2019 19 minutes ago, EastFlatbushLarry said: i don't know why, but when I saw the headline, i automatically thought way to get ahead of the storm, so to speak. don't let what happened to Staten Island reoccur in the Bx. innately, I'd assume they (transit) know they have to get this right, but a quality rally should remind them that people are paying full attention What's troubling is that they are publicly admitting that they are facing a budget crunch yet again, and they just raised the fare a few months ago. This has to stop. I will likely speak at an upcoming board meeting because I find this completely unacceptable. They are set to get more money from congestion pricing and some of that funding must go to more service. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted August 14, 2019 Share #4 Posted August 14, 2019 41 minutes ago, EastFlatbushLarry said: i don't know why, but when I saw the headline, i automatically thought way to get ahead of the storm, so to speak. don't let what happened to Staten Island reoccur in the Bx. innately, I'd assume they (transit) know they have to get this right, but a quality rally should remind them that people are paying full attention I smell trouble brewing for The Bronx. Yes, most areas are vocal while others. You just gotta pray. If transit didn’t get right in Staten Island what makes we all think they will get it right with The Bronx. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted August 14, 2019 Share #5 Posted August 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Future ENY OP said: I smell trouble brewing for The Bronx. Yes, most areas are vocal while others. You just gotta pray. If transit didn’t get right in Staten Island what makes we all think they will get it right with The Bronx. Strange way to spell New York City.... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Bus Co. Posted August 15, 2019 Share #6 Posted August 15, 2019 On 8/14/2019 at 11:19 AM, Via Garibaldi 8 said: What's troubling is that they are publicly admitting that they are facing a budget crunch yet again, and they just raised the fare a few months ago. This has to stop. I will likely speak at an upcoming board meeting because I find this completely unacceptable. They are set to get more money from congestion pricing and some of that funding must go to more service. The NY State Legislature passed a "bailout" law in 2009 that requires the MTA to raise fares and tolls every two years, yet the same State Legislators who passed that law complain every time the MTA complies with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Bus Co. Posted August 15, 2019 Share #7 Posted August 15, 2019 On 8/14/2019 at 5:29 AM, Via Garibaldi 8 said: “We are concerned the ‘cost neutral’ redesign will not make a substantial difference in the lives of bus riders and maintain the status quo,” the letter states. “We ask that you do not continue operating under a cost-neutral plan and invest additional funds in the Bronx bus network redesign.” A draft of the MTA’s Bronx bus redesign plan released in May proposed expanding some routes and shortening others. So... If they don't want the MTA to cut some service on Bronx routes to pay for added service on other Bronx routes, then which other borough(s) should the "additional funds" for the Bronx come from? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatOne2k Posted August 15, 2019 Share #8 Posted August 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, Gotham Bus Co. said: So... If they don't want the MTA to cut some service on Bronx routes to pay for added service on other Bronx routes, then which other borough(s) should the "additional funds" for the Bronx come from? The Outer Borough Transportation Fund https://qns.com/story/2018/04/03/cuomo-announces-50m-annual-funding-transit-improvements-queens-outer-boros/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtatransit Posted August 16, 2019 Share #9 Posted August 16, 2019 On 8/14/2019 at 5:29 AM, Via Garibaldi 8 said: Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials are working reconfigure bus routes in all five boroughs to make service more efficient — but transit officials do not expect the changes to cost more money. “We are concerned the ‘cost neutral’ redesign will not make a substantial difference in the lives of bus riders and maintain the status quo,” the letter states. “We ask that you do not continue operating under a cost-neutral plan and invest additional funds in the Bronx bus network redesign.” This cost neutrality crap is exactly why they were super stingy regarding the new service on Staten Island Express, and causing it to fail. They expected riders to adjust to THEIR preferred way to run the routes. They wonder why people give up on bus service, look at Queens. They cut service on the Q46 to run more Q77 to make it cost neutral. I think thats enough said... I applaud Bronx politicans to see exactly what they are up to 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted August 16, 2019 Share #10 Posted August 16, 2019 (edited) Listen if you think The Bronx is going to be bad. Wait for Queens and Brooklyn. I feel the will do so worse in Queens and Brooklyn. Exoect CUTS AND ELIMINATION of bus routes. /sarcasm #carryon. Edited August 16, 2019 by Future ENY OP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted August 16, 2019 Share #11 Posted August 16, 2019 19 hours ago, Mtatransit said: This cost neutrality crap is exactly why they were super stingy regarding the new service on Staten Island Express, and causing it to fail. They expected riders to adjust to THEIR preferred way to run the routes. They wonder why people give up on bus service, look at Queens. They cut service on the Q46 to run more Q77 to make it cost neutral. I think thats enough said... I applaud Bronx politicans to see exactly what they are up to They added money to the budget for the SIM redesign. As a matter of fact, part of the extra money is because they unnecessarily combined/lengthened routes, making them cost more to operate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Bus Co. Posted August 16, 2019 Share #12 Posted August 16, 2019 21 hours ago, Mtatransit said: They wonder why people give up on bus service, look at Queens. They cut service on the Q46 to run more Q77 to make it cost neutral. I think thats enough said... Then politicians along the Q46 demanded that the added Q77 service be moved back to the Q46. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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