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MTA Will Spare The Only Bus To Brooklyn Bridge Park
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Ben Muessig
Published Jan 12, 2010
Modified Jan 12, 2010
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Published Jan 12, 2010
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Following a Gothamist report yesterday on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's plan to eliminate the only bus that services the soon-to-open Brooklyn Bridge Park, the agency announced that it has taken the route off the chopping block. The MTA has adjusted its proposed "Doomsday" service cuts to spare the B25 route in Brooklyn, as well as the Bx34 in Woodlawn and the Bx10 in the Bronx, the Daily News reports.
Yesterday, a spokeswoman for MTA NYC Transit told Gothamist that the agency had not contacted the builders of the 85-acre waterfront park — parts of which are scheduled to open this year — before adding the bus to the list of potential service cuts. Commuters who rely on the B25 were relieved. "There are a lot of elderly people who ride that bus. They can't take the A train, so why would they stop it?" one bus rider told NY1. "I'm hoping and praying they continue the line." While the B25 is safe for now, 21 other buses are still slated for elimination. The Daily News notes that express bus routes, which are the most costly to run, might be cut in place of the B25.
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