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Posted by Gold_12th on Wed Jul 6 02:21:29 2011  A year after New York’s MTA discontinued two Brooklyn-to-Manhattan express bus lines, the agency has brought them back. The resurrected X37 and X38, which operate between the Bay Ridge/Sea Gate/Bensonhurst neighborhoods and Midtown Manhattan, began running again today after being eliminated in June 2010 as part of the MTA’s attempt to close an $800 million budget gap. Deirdre Parker, a spokesperson for the MTA, said that the agency had tried to fill gaps in service by creating two bus lines (the X27B and the X28B), but “it didn’t really perform as we had anticipated.” She said: “There was crowding, traffic delays, it was like a loading imbalance, where you’d have one bus that was too crowded and another that was almost empty.” There was also a lawsuit, brought by a local politicians and litigated by a former NYC Taxi and Limousine commissioner, which accused the MTA of violating the Americans With Disabilities Act by cutting the bus lines. Now that the lines are restored, the suit has been dropped. State Senator Martin Golden, who had been battling the MTA for the return of the bus lines, released a statement today that said: “I thank the Metropolitan Transit Authority for listening and the plaintiffs for their advocacy on behalf of the many who need better transportation services. But the fight continues as Southwest Brooklyn still needs more of the service we lost returned to operation including weekend express bus service.” Josephine Beckmann, district manager for Brooklyn’s Community Board 10, said residents are thrilled to have the bus lines back. “We’re delighted, we’re ecstatic,” she said. --- http://transportationnation.org/2011/07/05/reinstated-and-it-feels-so-good/ |
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