eli Posted February 21, 2009 Share #1 Posted February 21, 2009 City Council members and transit advocates staged a mock funeral Tuesday in response to the MTA's proposed service cuts. The MTA wants to eliminate the line from the Court Square station to 71st Avenue in Forest Hills during evenings, nights and weekends. The agency estimates about 25,000 riders from Queens and Brooklyn will be affected. Queens Councilman Eric Gioia says the loss for working families would be too great. "When you shut these trains down, when you cut back services, it means people's commutes are longer, it means they're spending that much more time away from their families, away from their jobs. It's simply unfair to the hundreds of thousands of working New Yorkers who rely on these trains to get to where they need to get," said Gioia. Officials say it would take funding from Albany to save the G train. NY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eli Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share #2 Posted February 21, 2009 you know the needs 8 cars back. I don't know if the will be extended to Church Ave. So when the is cut back to Court Square all times then there will be a weekend service on the right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe C Posted February 21, 2009 Share #3 Posted February 21, 2009 you know the needs 8 cars back. I don't know if the will be extended to Church Ave. So when the is cut back to Court Square all times then there will be a weekend service on the right? The line is going to be extended to Church Av,just not known when. As for (V)weekend service,i don't think that's happening at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eli Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted February 21, 2009 The line is going to be extended to Church Av,just not known when. As for (V)weekend service,i don't think that's happening at all. oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted February 21, 2009 Share #5 Posted February 21, 2009 I like these mock funerals for the , now the (G)'s will hopefully serve passengers better if officials do something better about that, but a funeral for the (G)'s not necessary since the (G)'s getting cut short instead of being eliminated completely unlike the and . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted February 22, 2009 Share #6 Posted February 22, 2009 I like these mock funerals for the , now the (G)'s will hopefully serve passengers better if officials do something better about that, but a funeral for the (G)'s not necessary since the (G)'s getting cut short instead of being eliminated completely unlike the and . Agreed.. only half of it is cut out. And also, for the most part, the G is already cut out. Look, on how many occasions does the thing actually run to Forest Hills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eli Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share #7 Posted February 22, 2009 I like these mock funerals for the , now the (G)'s will hopefully serve passengers better if officials do something better about that, but a funeral for the (G)'s not necessary since the (G)'s getting cut short instead of being eliminated completely unlike the and . Agreed.. only half of it is cut out. And also, for the most part, the G is already cut out. Look, on how many occasions does the thing actually run to Forest Hills? It was a mock funeral for the G is about the G no longer going to Queens Blvd line anymore in the future not about the line being cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted February 22, 2009 Share #8 Posted February 22, 2009 It was a mock funeral for the G is about the G no longer going to Queens Blvd line anymore in the future not about the line being cut. The weird thing is... why are they doing these 'funerals' when the service hasn't even been cut yet? I know this is a protest, but is it a little too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted February 22, 2009 Share #9 Posted February 22, 2009 The weird thing is... why are they doing these 'funerals' when the service hasn't even been cut yet? I know this is a protest, but is it a little too much? It's just a protest, that's all. I really like the ideas of funerals for these lines, what a great idea to spread the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eli Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share #10 Posted February 22, 2009 The weird thing is... why are they doing these 'funerals' when the service hasn't even been cut yet? I know this is a protest, but is it a little too much? It's just a protest, that's all. I really like the ideas of funerals for these lines, what a great idea to spread the word. They are just making a mock funeral for the G preservice cuts happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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