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Park Slopers, Others, Beg MTA To Save G Train Extension
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Garth Johnston
Published Mar 6, 2012
Modified Mar 6, 2012
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The G Train may be slow, infrequent and short but it is Brooklyn and Queens's slow, infrequent and short line and gosh darn it if the denizens of those boroughs are going to let the MTA take away more of it. See the MTA, in exchange for the messy Culver Viaduct repairs, for the last few years has been sending the G train five extra stops into Brooklyn, all the way to Church Avenue. But the fun is supposed to stop in 2014, so locals are getting proactive and actively petitioning to keep the G extension.
"We’re not going to take this lying down," said Williamsburg District Leader Lincoln Restler, who started the petition explains. "At a time when the MTA is hiking costs and cutting service, the G train extension is the one silver lining." The G line, whose trains are multiple cars shorter than the rest of the system's, already saw its service to Queens reduced two years ago.
Considering the fact that the areas around the G are booming, population wise, and ridership on the line is up, it certainly makes sense for the MTA to keep the extension in place. But the cash-strapped Authority isn't making the call any time soon. "No decision has been made," MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz said yesterday. So for now the best thing you can do is vote with your Metrocard—and maybe sign that petition to save the "Brooklyn Local."
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