Subway riders who commute between Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn were all adjusting to several new service changes Monday.
The MTA discontinued the W and V subway lines over the weekend as part of its cost cutting plan.
The M train now replaces V service in Queens along Queens Boulevard.
The Q line has been extended to Astoria to make up for the loss of the W train.
Commuters were also dealing with the elimination of 37 bus routes.
MTA officials said this latest round of cuts will save $93 million.
The MTA was also considering eliminating four early-morning express trains from the 7-line come December and starting rush hour service at 6:20 a.m. instead of 5:30 a.m.
Cutting back on 7 express service and bus routes would save the MTA $3.7 million a year, but considering the $400 million budget gap, some said the savings are just a drop in the bucket.
Also, thanks to the budget cuts, subway trains just keep getting dirtier. According to the “Subway Schmutz Survey” just out Monday by the Straphanger’s Campaign, only half of subway cars were found to be clean, down from 57-percent a year before.
Eleven of 22 lines got dirtier. The filthiest is the M line, with only 32-percent of cars considered clean.
On the other side, the tidiest were the C and 6 lines, with 65-percent of cars considered dirt-free.
(Source: WCBSTV)
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And what about the B23 that runs on 16th Avenue and is used by a lot of our Yiddische school children, including those going to HASC ? Why didn’t our Councilmen do anything about i? Lots of eldery people are also using this bus in Boro Park.