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Posted by
italianstallion
on Mon Nov 11 18:19:28 2019
From MTA NYCT Board book for this week's meeting. Note also last paragraph - full L service to be restored next April.
Purpose
To obtain Presidential approval, and to inform the NYC Transit and MTA Bus Committee, of
schedule adjustments on the M route. Adjustments are warranted on the M to accommodate long-term construction and maintenance work in Queens.
Discussion
M service in the evenings will be adjusted to accommodate long-term Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) and other construction and maintenance along the Queens Boulevard Line.
Service Plan
NYCT routinely evaluates ridership levels and changes service levels, when feasible. NYCT also routinely evaluates the impact of capital construction and ongoing maintenance work on train operations and adjusts schedules to accommodate this necessary work. The proposed changes in schedule are based on these evaluations.
Basic information about these schedule adjustments is below:
• Weekdays, 15 evening roundtrips after 8:30pm southbound and 10:00pm northbound will be rerouted to Essex Street instead of Forest Hills-71 Av to accommodate CBTC and other long-term construction and maintenance work along the Queens Boulevard Line.
• The evening schedule change reflects a commonly implemented reroute to accommodate critical work; during the L Tunnel Project, as well as prior to the start of the L Project, the M has not routinely (>80% of weekdays) operated along the Queens Boulevard Line weekday evenings because of CBTC and other construction and maintenance work.
Staff Summary
• Customers traveling between the Myrtle Av M line and the 6 Av
Line can transfer between the M and F lines at Delancey St-Essex St. Some customers may prefer other travel options, such as the L (transfer to/from the M at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs). Customers on Queens Boulevard can take the EFR as alternatives to the M, and customers on 6 Av can take the F.
Recommendation
Implement schedule adjustments on the M route to accommodate CBTC and other long-term maintenance and capital projects.
Alternatives
This service change is required to allow capital work to continue. Implementing this service via supplemental schedules rather than our base schedule will increase operating costs and require additional capital costs to support the capital work along the Queens Boulevard line.
Budget Impact
Implementation of the proposed M schedule change would save approximately $0.2 million annually in the operating budget and avoid capital supplemental service costs of approximately $0.7 million annually.
Implementation Date
The M schedule change would be implemented in April 2020 and would continue through the end of the CBTC projects along the Queens Boulevard, 8 Av and 6 Av Lines.
Note: Simultaneous with this service change, the completion of the phase of the L Tunnel project requiring overnight and weekend single-track operation will permit restoration of full L service overnights and on weekends and the return to prior levels of overnight and weekend service on the G and M routes.
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