The MTA says the G train is the top priority right now. PRIORITY, after restoring more than 80% of service on other lines? To quote Inigo Montoya: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
http://www.change.org/petitions/joe-lhota-mta-chair-implement-shuttle-bus-service-along-l-and-g-routes
November 6, 2012
July 18, 2012
G Train Extension to Church Avenue Will Be Permanent
Great news - the G line will permanently terminate at Church Avenue, the MTA recently announced.
DNAInfo: Brooklyn Rejoices at G Train Made Permanent
http://tinyurl.com/6w87okw
G Train Extension Will 'Likely' Be Saved, MTA Board Members Say
http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/29/dtg_gtrainsaved_2012_07_20_bk01.html
DNAInfo: Brooklyn Rejoices at G Train Made Permanent
http://tinyurl.com/6w87okw
G Train Extension Will 'Likely' Be Saved, MTA Board Members Say
http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/29/dtg_gtrainsaved_2012_07_20_bk01.html
May 9, 2012
The G subway line is in the news again:
Vindication for the G: Study shows every other line has more delays, especially the 2 and 5
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/05/5868010/vindication-g-study-shows-every-other-line-has-more-delays-especial
Vindication for the G: Study shows every other line has more delays, especially the 2 and 5
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/05/5868010/vindication-g-study-shows-every-other-line-has-more-delays-especial
April 18, 2012
G line ridership is up in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eagle has the story:
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/new-mta-data-shows-spike-g-train-riders
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/new-mta-data-shows-spike-g-train-riders
April 13, 2012
Restoring the extended G line
Keeping the G train running to Church Avenue isn't news - it's old! Here's hoping this is a case where history DOES repeat itself.
http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/15/dtg_gtrainhistory_2012_04_13_bk.html
http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/15/dtg_gtrainhistory_2012_04_13_bk.html
April 4, 2012
The L Magazine on the 5-Stop Fan Club
A new tactic for supporters of the G train extension
http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2012/03/29/a-new-tactic-for-supporters-of-the-g-train-extension
http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2012/03/29/a-new-tactic-for-supporters-of-the-g-train-extension
March 31, 2012
News 12 covers poor conditions at Hoyt-Schermerhorn station
Commuters steamed over state of Brooklyn subway station
http://www.news12.com/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=313842&position=1&news_type=news
http://www.news12.com/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=313842&position=1&news_type=news
March 29, 2012
Brooklyn Paper: Hoyt-Schermerhorn station falling apart
Peeling ceiling is latest problem for G train riders
http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/13/dtg_hoytdamage_2012_03_30_bk.html
http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/13/dtg_hoytdamage_2012_03_30_bk.html
March 24, 2012
March 22, 2012
Second Avenue Sagas: Smith-Ninth Street Construction Woes
Business owners, residents bemoan Smith-9th Streets delay
http://secondavenuesagas.com/2012/03/22/business-owners-residents-bemoan-smith-9th-sts-delay/
http://secondavenuesagas.com/2012/03/22/business-owners-residents-bemoan-smith-9th-sts-delay/
March 21, 2012
We're back
Save The G is coming back... first off, we're advocating for the G line's permanent extension to Church Avenue. Check out the online petition started by Lincoln Restler:
http://www.change.org/petitions/metropolitan-transit-authority-preserve-the-g-train-extension
And join Public Advocate Bill de Blasio's G Train Five-Stop Fan Club on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/5stopfanclub
We'll see you on the G.
http://www.change.org/petitions/metropolitan-transit-authority-preserve-the-g-train-extension
And join Public Advocate Bill de Blasio's G Train Five-Stop Fan Club on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/5stopfanclub
We'll see you on the G.
Brooklyn Paper: Cutting the G train will kill Brooklyn romances
Cutting the G train will kill Brooklyn romances - really!
http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/12/dtg_gtrainlove_2012_03_23_bk.html
http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/12/dtg_gtrainlove_2012_03_23_bk.html
March 19, 2012
Daily News article - Straphangers and pols: We want to keep extra G train stops
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz call for permanent extension of G train to Church Avenue station.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/straphangers-pols-extra-g-train-stops-article-1.1041826
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/straphangers-pols-extra-g-train-stops-article-1.1041826
March 17, 2012
G Line's New Fan Club
The G train has a new fan club. Story here:
Pols push to save potential G train service cuts with 'fan club'
http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/pols-push-to-save-potential-g-train-service-cuts-with-fan-club-1.3606062
Pols push to save potential G train service cuts with 'fan club'
http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/pols-push-to-save-potential-g-train-service-cuts-with-fan-club-1.3606062
November 5, 2009
NYC Transit Head Resigns
NYC Transit President Howard Roberts resigns in wake of Jay Walder's elevation to MTA chair:
click here for the Daily News story.
click here for the Daily News story.
November 4, 2009
March 5, 2009
NY1 News Flash
G Train Gets Barely-Passing Grade
See the video at NY1:
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/94988/g-train-gets-barely-passing-grade/Default.aspx
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See the video at NY1:
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/94988/g-train-gets-barely-passing-grade/Default.aspx
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February 28, 2009
G Line "Funeral"
Greenpoint Gazette
Riders, Community Activists and Politicians Rally to Save the G
Feb 25, 2009 by Khristina Narizhnaya
Since the V train was introduced in 2001, the Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown local G train service to 71st Avenue in Forest Hills has been a hotly debated issue between community groups and the MTA. With major budget deficits looming over, the fate of the G train is on the chopping block once again. To save money, MTA is proposing to cut G train service to 71st Avenue permanently, making Court Square in Long Island City the last and final stop.
Not surprisingly, the proposal was met with loud opposition from G train riders, community groups and local elected officials in North Brooklyn and Queens.
Last week the Straphangers Campaign, a NYPIRG campaign to improve mass transit in New York City, held a mock funeral for the G train service to 71st Avenue at Court Square station. Bagpiper John Maynard played several funerary tunes as “mourners” in black armbands, joined by Assembly members Joseph Lentol and Hakeem Jeffries, looked on. After the music, a minute of “subway silence” was observed, followed by laments regarding the G train service cut.
“Thousands of working people rely on this train to get to work and to live their lives,” said Gene Russianoff, the staff attorney for the Straphangers Campaign. “Without the G service [to Forest Hills] commuters will have longer walks or extra walks or transfers.”
Lentol said that although he doesn’t know what it will take to negotiate with Albany to save the G, in the upcoming weeks he is going to try to make sure any MTA-related financial legislation will include improvements to the G line.
“The transit system is suffering a major short fall and I will try to make sure that financing will be allocated for a better G service,” said Lentol.
Two days after “interring” the G train to Forest Hills, Lentol and Jeffries invited Richard Ravitch, the Chairman of the Commission of MTA Financing, along with MTA planning and operations experts, to ride the G train during rush hour with them to show the necessity and the shortcomings of the G line.
“There are a lot of people who depend on the G train,” said Ravitch after riding the G from Metropolitan Station in Williamsburg to Court Square in Queens. “I think a fair explanation of how it will be improved is in order.”
Ravitch’s proposed MTA rescue plan will adopt East River bridge tolls and a payroll tax on businesses to raise revenue in order to prevent public transportation service cuts.
Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 member and volunteer with Brooklyn Committee of Alternative Transportation Kevin Vincent said the G train needs to be saved in order to sustain the lives of local people, and to attract new residents to the neighborhood.
“New residents coming in to the neighborhood will have a harder time commuting,” said Vincent. “Also, the G train cut puts out a whole slew of working families.”
“The G train has been on the MTA’s endangered list for a while, but it’s always been a survivor,” said Teresa Toro of the Save the G Coalition. “Even in these hard times the G holds a special place in its riders’ hearts.”
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Riders, Community Activists and Politicians Rally to Save the G
Feb 25, 2009 by Khristina Narizhnaya
Since the V train was introduced in 2001, the Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown local G train service to 71st Avenue in Forest Hills has been a hotly debated issue between community groups and the MTA. With major budget deficits looming over, the fate of the G train is on the chopping block once again. To save money, MTA is proposing to cut G train service to 71st Avenue permanently, making Court Square in Long Island City the last and final stop.
Not surprisingly, the proposal was met with loud opposition from G train riders, community groups and local elected officials in North Brooklyn and Queens.
Last week the Straphangers Campaign, a NYPIRG campaign to improve mass transit in New York City, held a mock funeral for the G train service to 71st Avenue at Court Square station. Bagpiper John Maynard played several funerary tunes as “mourners” in black armbands, joined by Assembly members Joseph Lentol and Hakeem Jeffries, looked on. After the music, a minute of “subway silence” was observed, followed by laments regarding the G train service cut.
“Thousands of working people rely on this train to get to work and to live their lives,” said Gene Russianoff, the staff attorney for the Straphangers Campaign. “Without the G service [to Forest Hills] commuters will have longer walks or extra walks or transfers.”
Lentol said that although he doesn’t know what it will take to negotiate with Albany to save the G, in the upcoming weeks he is going to try to make sure any MTA-related financial legislation will include improvements to the G line.
“The transit system is suffering a major short fall and I will try to make sure that financing will be allocated for a better G service,” said Lentol.
Two days after “interring” the G train to Forest Hills, Lentol and Jeffries invited Richard Ravitch, the Chairman of the Commission of MTA Financing, along with MTA planning and operations experts, to ride the G train during rush hour with them to show the necessity and the shortcomings of the G line.
“There are a lot of people who depend on the G train,” said Ravitch after riding the G from Metropolitan Station in Williamsburg to Court Square in Queens. “I think a fair explanation of how it will be improved is in order.”
Ravitch’s proposed MTA rescue plan will adopt East River bridge tolls and a payroll tax on businesses to raise revenue in order to prevent public transportation service cuts.
Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 member and volunteer with Brooklyn Committee of Alternative Transportation Kevin Vincent said the G train needs to be saved in order to sustain the lives of local people, and to attract new residents to the neighborhood.
“New residents coming in to the neighborhood will have a harder time commuting,” said Vincent. “Also, the G train cut puts out a whole slew of working families.”
“The G train has been on the MTA’s endangered list for a while, but it’s always been a survivor,” said Teresa Toro of the Save the G Coalition. “Even in these hard times the G holds a special place in its riders’ hearts.”
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February 18, 2009
The G to Rest-in-Pieces?
Politicians, straphangers rally to protest G train service cuts
BY Michael E. Miller
DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, February 18th 2009
The G train as we know it is dead - or close to it.
Politicians and transit rider advocates rallied Tuesday in the Court Square subway stop at Hunters Point, Queens, to protest proposed cuts in G train service that could inconvenience thousands of commuters.
With the dirge of bagpipe music in the background and a funeral wreath in view, they mourned the possible demise of the subway line and called on Gov. Paterson to find new funds to "raise it from the dead."
"The G train has for decades been neglected in terms of resources provided," said Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn), a Bible in hand for the mock funeral ceremony.
"If G train service is cut off, thousands of Brooklyn and Queens riders will be left out in the cold," he said. "They deserve better treatment."
Faced with a $1.2 billion operating deficit for 2009, the Metropolitan Transit Authority has proposed slashing Queens-bound service on the G at Court Square to save money.
But despite the doom and gloom, there were signs of life to be found.
"Let's take today as an opportunity to raise the dead," said Assemblyman Joseph Lentol (D-Brooklyn), adding that the budget crisis has put subway concerns on the back burner. "We will get a plan down that saves the subway system, but we have to save the G."
The event was organized by the Straphangers Campaign, a transit riders advocacy group. The MTA's proposed cuts would lop off 13 stops in Queens from the G line, which now ends in Forest Hills. The cuts would affect other subway and bus lines with crowding.
A Transit Authority study found that the cuts to the G line would result in extra walking, longer waits and additional transfers for thousands of passengers in Brooklyn and Queens each day.
Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the MTA, said the agency was hoping to avoid the cuts and prefers that Albany find other ways to cut the budget.
Daily riders on the G line as well as politicians also expressed their outrage at the plan.
Jose Cortez, 35, a cook on his way to work in Manhattan, said, "It's difficult now to get where I got to go. So just imagine if they cut the service."
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BY Michael E. Miller
DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, February 18th 2009
The G train as we know it is dead - or close to it.
Politicians and transit rider advocates rallied Tuesday in the Court Square subway stop at Hunters Point, Queens, to protest proposed cuts in G train service that could inconvenience thousands of commuters.
With the dirge of bagpipe music in the background and a funeral wreath in view, they mourned the possible demise of the subway line and called on Gov. Paterson to find new funds to "raise it from the dead."
"The G train has for decades been neglected in terms of resources provided," said Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn), a Bible in hand for the mock funeral ceremony.
"If G train service is cut off, thousands of Brooklyn and Queens riders will be left out in the cold," he said. "They deserve better treatment."
Faced with a $1.2 billion operating deficit for 2009, the Metropolitan Transit Authority has proposed slashing Queens-bound service on the G at Court Square to save money.
But despite the doom and gloom, there were signs of life to be found.
"Let's take today as an opportunity to raise the dead," said Assemblyman Joseph Lentol (D-Brooklyn), adding that the budget crisis has put subway concerns on the back burner. "We will get a plan down that saves the subway system, but we have to save the G."
The event was organized by the Straphangers Campaign, a transit riders advocacy group. The MTA's proposed cuts would lop off 13 stops in Queens from the G line, which now ends in Forest Hills. The cuts would affect other subway and bus lines with crowding.
A Transit Authority study found that the cuts to the G line would result in extra walking, longer waits and additional transfers for thousands of passengers in Brooklyn and Queens each day.
Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the MTA, said the agency was hoping to avoid the cuts and prefers that Albany find other ways to cut the budget.
Daily riders on the G line as well as politicians also expressed their outrage at the plan.
Jose Cortez, 35, a cook on his way to work in Manhattan, said, "It's difficult now to get where I got to go. So just imagine if they cut the service."
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February 16, 2009
Funeral for a Friend...
Mock Funeral for the G Train
The Straphangers Campaign and State Assembly Members Joseph Lentol and Hakeem Jeffries will hold a "mock funeral" for the G train on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Without new state aid, the MTA is proposing to eliminate the line at all times from the Court Square subway station to Forest Hills-71st Avenue, while also raising transit fares.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
10:30 a.m.
Court Square Subway Station (G)
Inside paid area
Street entrance at Jackson Avenue and Court Square
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The Straphangers Campaign and State Assembly Members Joseph Lentol and Hakeem Jeffries will hold a "mock funeral" for the G train on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Without new state aid, the MTA is proposing to eliminate the line at all times from the Court Square subway station to Forest Hills-71st Avenue, while also raising transit fares.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
10:30 a.m.
Court Square Subway Station (G)
Inside paid area
Street entrance at Jackson Avenue and Court Square
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