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2012–2013 Service Investments
Dear Customers
Since arriving at the MTA last November, I have been focused on two objectives – containing costs and finding ways to maintain, improve and expand services that you, our customers, rely on every day to get to work, school and points in between.
I am pleased to say that as a result of our efforts, we are announcing $29 million in service investments. Some of these investments will restore services that were reduced or eliminated as part of the MTA’s 2009-2010 budget-balancing cuts. Other investments – because the travel patterns of the region are constantly evolving – will fund services that respond to the need for transit services in growing and changing neighborhoods.
These service investments are the result of careful analysis, meeting our goal of serving all neighborhoods and areas with the best and most frequent bus, subway or commuter rail service possible under our current financial conditions. The funding for these service investments is the result of both aggressive efforts to reduce and control costs and also revenues from growing ridership. It is our priority to ensure that both of these efforts continue.
The service investments on the pages that follow are proposed for Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad and NYC Transit Bus and Subway. All of these proposals will be discussed with the MTA Board during the next few weeks and implementation of the service investments will be phased in over the course of a year beginning this coming October.
You have my assurance that we are committed to the strongest, most efficiently operated transportation system we can provide to the region and promise you that we will make every effort to continue to make the kind of progress that makes these improvements possible.
Joseph J. Lhota
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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New York City Transit
Route Proposed Investment Investment Goal Implementation Bronx
Bx13
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Extension from E 161st St to Gateway Mall via River Ave
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Serves Concourse Village, Mott Haven
Service to new markets
Jan 2013
Bx34
- Restore weekend service from 242nd St to Fordham Rd via Bainbridge Ave
- Serves Woodlawn, Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham
Weekend service restoration
Jan 2013
New Service
- South Bronx service to western Hunts Point
- Serves Hunts Point, Barretto Point Park
Service to new markets
Sept 2013
Brooklyn
Line -
Extend to Church Avenue permanently
- Serves Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington
Improves service connectivity
2013
B2
- Restore weekend service from Midwood to Kings Plaza Mall via Avenue R
- Serves Gravesend, Marine Park
Weekend service restoration
Oct 2012
B4
- Restore route from Ocean Pkwy to Knapp St via Neptune, Sheepshead Bay Rd, Emmons Ave/Shore Parkway
- Serves Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay
Route segment restoration
Improves service connectivity
Jan 2013
B24
- Restore weekend service from Greenpoint to Williamsburg Bridge Plaza via Sunnyside
- Serves Williamsburg, Sunnyside, Greenpoint
Weekend service restoration
Jan 2013
B39
- Route restoration from Williamsburg Bridge Plaza to LES Delancey/Allen Sts via Williamsburg Bridge
- Serves Williamsburg, Lower East Side
Route restoration
Improves service connectivity
Jan 2013
B48
- Restore extension from Atlantic Ave to Prospect Park station via Franklin Ave/Classon Ave
- Serves Prospect Hts, Crown Hts, Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Route segment restoration
Improves service connectivity
Jan 2013
B57
- Extension from Carroll Gardens to Red Hook via Court St, Lorraine St, Otsego St
- Serves Red Hook
Improves service connectivity
Jan 2013
B64
- Restore extension from Cropsey Ave to Stillwell Ave via Harway Ave
- Serves Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Coney Island
Route segment restoration
Improves service connectivity
Jan 2013
B69
- Restore weekend service from Kensington to Downtown Brooklyn
- Serves DUMBO, Ft Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Hts, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington
Weekend service restoration
Jan 2013
New Service
- New service connecting Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Vinegar Hill and the Brooklyn Navy Yard; route to be determined
Service to new markets
Sept 2013
- New Williamsburg waterfront service; route to be determined
- Serves Williamsburg and Greenpoint
Service to new markets
Sept 2013
- New service between East New York and Spring Creek, Brooklyn; route to be determined
- Serves Spring Creek
Service to new markets
Sept 2013
X27/X17 New Stop
- Restore X27 weekend service from Bay Ridge to Midtown Manhattan
- Add new Bay Ridge, Brooklyn stop on X17
- Serves Bay Ridge, Fort Hamilton, Dyker Heights
Weekend service restoration
Oct 2012
Manhattan
M1
- Restore service from 106th St to 8th St via Madison/5th Avenues on weekends
- Serves Yorkville, Upper East Side, Midtown, Flatiron, Greenwich Village
Weekend service restoration
Jan 2013
M9
- Extend route from 23rd Street to 29th St via 1st/2nd Aves
- Serves Kips Bay
Improves service connectivity
Jan 2013
- Extend route from Park Row to Battery Park City via Warren/Murray Sts and West St
- Serves East Village, Lower East Side, Chinatown, Battery Park City
Improves service connectivity
Jan 2013
M21
- Restore weekend service from FDR Drive to Washington St via Houston St
- Serves Lower East Side, East Village, SoHo, Greenwich Village, West Village
Weekend service restoration
Jan 2013
New Service
- New north-south Far Westside Manhattan route
- Serves West Village, Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, Clinton
Service to new markets
Sept 2013
Queens
Q24
- Restore extension from Bway Junction to Bushwick Ave via Broadway
- Serves East New York, Bushwick
Service restoration
Improves service connectivity
Jan 2013
Q27
- Provide overnight service from Horace Harding Expwy to Cambria Hts via Springfield Blvd
- Serves Queens Village, Cambria Hts
Network coverage restoration
Jan 2013
Q30
- Provide service to Queensborough Community College
Service to new markets
Jan 2013
Q36
- Extension of every other trip from Jamaica Avenue to Little Neck via Little Neck Parkway; restores weekday service along route of previous Q79
- Serves Floral Park, Bellerose, Glen Oaks, Little Neck
Network coverage restoration
Jan 2013
Q42
- Restore midday service from Jamaica Ctr to St Albans via Archer Ave
- Serves Jamaica, Addisleigh Park
Service restoration
Jan 2013
Q76
- Restore Saturday service/add Sunday service from Jamaica to College Point via Francis Lewis Blvd
- Serves Jamaica, Jamaica Estates, Fresh Meadows, Bayside, Whitestone, College Pt.
Weekend service restoration and addition
Oct 2012
Staten Island
S76
- Restore weekend service from Oakwood to St George Ferry via Richmond Rd
- Serves St George, Tompkinsville, Clifton, Fox Hills, Grasmere, Dongan Hills, New Dorp, Oakwood
Weekend service restoration
Jan 2013
S93
- Extension from entrance of College of Staten Island into campus area
- Serves Willowbrook, Castleton Corners, Sunnyside, Bay Ridge
Improves service connectivity
Jan 2013
X1
- Add late night Express Bus service from Eltingville to Manhattan via Hlyan Blvd
- Serves Eltingville, Oakwood, New Dorp, Midland Beach, Grasmere
Network coverage
Jan 2013
X17
- Provide Sunday service from Huguenot Ave to Midtown Manhattan
- Serves Huguenot, Annadale, Arden Hts, Bulls Head, New Springville
Weekend service addition
Oct 2012
- Extend route off-peak weekdays and evenings from Huguenot Ave to Tottenville via Rossville Ave, Bloomingdale Rd, Amboy Road/Hylan Blvd
- Serves Rossville, Woodrow, Tottenville
Service to new markets
Jan 2013
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Metro-North Railroad
Line Proposed Investment Investment Goal Implementation Hudson
- Adjust train capacity based on ongoing rider load evaluation to reduce customer crowding
Respond to ridership increases
October 2012
Harlem
New Haven
Hudson
- Restructure off-peak/weekend service pattern similar to Harlem/New Haven lines
- Upper Hudson trains operating express between Croton-Harmon & GCT, all connecting with local trains at Croton-Harmon
- Half-hourly semi-express service between Croton-Harmon & GCT.
- One additional AM Reverse Peak outbound and one additional inbound off-peak train between GCT and Poughkeepsie.
Improve service connections
Respond to ridership increases
April 2013
Harlem
- Adjust weekday Upper Harlem service to relieve crowding
- Add 30 min headway service between Southeast and GCT at key off-peak periods
Respond to ridership increases
April 2013
- Provide 30 min headway service between Southeast and GCT at key weekend times
October 2012
- Provide 30 min headway service between N White Plains and GCT at key times on Sunday
- Provide 30 min headway service between N White Plains and GCT at other times on Sunday
April 2013
New Haven
- Provide 30 min headway service between Stamford and GCT at key times on Sundays
Respond to ridership increases
October 2012
- Provide 30 min headway service between Stamford and GCT at other times on Sundays
April 2013
- Provide 30 min headway service btwn New Haven and GCT at key times on Sat/Sun
October 2012
Pascack Valley
- Add one AM peak and one PM peak train between Hoboken and Spring Valley
Service level restoration
October 2012
Long Island Rail Road
Branch Proposed Investment Investment Goal Implementation Ronkonkoma
- Increase from hourly to half-hourly service between NYC and Farmingdale on weekends
- 9 AM – 12 PM westbound
- 4 PM – 7 PM eastbound
Respond to ridership increases
Increase service frequency
November 2012
- Increase from hourly to half-hourly westbound service on weekdays between Farmingdale and NYC during post-AM peak
March 2013
Long Beach
- Restore one AM peak train from Long Beach to Penn
Service restoration
Increase service frequency
March 2013
Atlantic Term
- Provide late night service between Downtown Brooklyn and Jamaica
Service restoration
March 2013
Port Jefferson
- Restore one PM Peak train from Hunterspoint to Port Jefferson
Service Restoration
March 2013
Montauk
- Restore three evening scoots between Babylon and Patchogue/Speonk
- Restore hourly service to Patchogue until midnight
Service restoration
Increase service frequency
March 2013
- Restore one PM peak train from Hunterspoint to Montauk during summer seasonal months
Service restoration
May 2013
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