At last night's Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association meeting, Gary Reilly, chair of the transportation committee, urged everyone to attend the MTA's public hearing regarding fare increases and service cuts due to budgetary issues.
Amongst the service cuts proposed by the MTA are the elimination of the B37, B51 and B75 bus lines. In addition, service to the B45, B65 ,B69, and B71 bus lines will be severely reduced.
Mr. Reilly stated that " Every bit of the transit going through our neighborhood will be affected. This cuts deep and will hurt everybody."
Assemblywoman Joan Millman is also encouraging the community to speak out at the hearing.
On her literature, she states:
" We cannot deny that these are difficult economic times. However, there is no reason public transportation riders should bear the brunt by paying more for less service. Next week, I will join my colleges in Albany to hear Governor Paterson's 2009 proposal. The financial state of the MTA will be one of the major issues we work with the Governor to address."
Furthermore, her literature states:
Assemblywoman Millman has been a longtime advocate for reinstating the commuter tax. In addition, she plans to reintroduce residential permit parking legislation when the new Assembly session begins in January 2009. She also has joined numerous elected officials to demand greater fiscal accountability for the MTA. For examole, it is believed that the MTA could have sold the Atlantic Yards project for a greater profit.
The hearing in Brooklyn will be on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 at 6pm at theBrooklyn Marriott
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5 comments:
How can the city seriously be thinking of adding 475 or so units of housing on the Toll Brothers site (a site served only by the B75 and B71) while at the same time subtracting these bus services?
This must be the same new math the city is teaching in the school system. That is: multiply the need for service, then subtract as much service on all ends, and this will result in what? A successful community?
The B71 is our only public transportation that travels from Carroll Garden's over to Prospect Park and our cultural institutions located there. Service on the B71 is already inadequate and now they are going to drop all service on the weekends! The WEEKENDS are when we have time to take the kids to Prospect Park or visit the BBG. We can't let them drop this weekend service on this line. There are NO subway lines that substitute for this route!
The B71 is the best bus line. Cutting it on weekends is total madness.
We need this B75! In this time of mistakes having been made by government, we need to be doubly sure going ahead that we are not going to lose our public transportation! Going forward we need to think about being "greener" and wiser and being penny wise and pound foolish! This bus means getting to work and play for Carroll Gardens residents and we need to preserve this bus route. It is not the most "on time" bus, but it is better than nothing! Let's be at the meeting to speak up and see our government serve we, the people!
We need this B75! In this time of mistakes having been made by government, we need to be doubly sure going ahead that we are not going to lose our public transportation! Going forward we need to think about being "greener" and wiser and being penny wise and pound foolish! This bus means getting to work and play for Carroll Gardens residents and we need to preserve this bus route. It is not the most "on time" bus, but it is better than nothing! Let's be at the meeting to speak up and see our government serve we, the people!
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