Monday, July 31, 2017

ELECTED OFFICIALS, ADVOCATES ANNOUNCE 24 HOUR "RIDERS RESPOND TRANSIT TOUR" TO GET FIRSTHAND FEEDBACK FROM SUBWAY RIDERS


NYC Council Member Rodriguez, NYS Assemblyman Dinowitz, Riders Alliance, TWU & More Will Travel Subways to Hear About Riders' Concerns Prior to Aug. 8 City Council Hearing on Subways

   Elected officials are ready to ride the rails to hear directly from subway commuters in advance of a City Council hearing on August 8th. After months of delays, derailments, power outages, track fires and more, officials and advocates will take to the tunnels to get feedback, suggestions and concerns from riders, while getting a full picture of the system that sustains our city.
 
Standing outside the City Hall R Train Station, the coalition announced the 24-Hour "Riders Respond Transit Tour." The tour will take place from 7 AM to 7 PM on Thursday August 3rd and Friday August 4th, touching all five boroughs. It is organized by NYC Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez, in conjunction with NYS Assembly Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Chair Jeffrey Dinowitz, who each chair committees with oversight over the city subway system. 
 
They will be joined by elected officials, advocates and volunteers, travelling from station to station to document feedback about riders' commutes, assess the state of the system's infrastructure and gain a feel for each line in the city. The results of the tour will be shared at the NYC Council Transportation Committee Hearing on the NYC Subway System, scheduled for August 8th. The full route can be found attached.
 
"Lost over the past few months of subway woes has been the point of view of riders," said NYC Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez. "It is our duty as representatives of those who take the subway each day to learn about what they're going through and hear their suggestions for improving the system. As we prepare for our subways hearing at the Council on August 8th, this tour will help to gather information and data crucial to getting a more complete picture of the system. I'm glad so many of my colleagues and interested organizations have signed on to this effort and I'm expecting a very informative tour."
 
"New Yorkers are fed up with the burden shifting between New York City and New York State. Councilman Rodriguez and I, as leaders of two committees that have oversight of the MTA at both levels of government, are working together to identify problems and create solutions. There are many issues with our city's transit including ADA accessibility, platform overcrowding, fire-causing trash on the tracks, derailments, and other problems that have combined to create the crisis we are in today," said Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, Chair of the NYS Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions.
 
This event is supported by a growing list of elected officials and advocates, including NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, U.S. Congressman Adriano Espaillat, Brooklyn and Manhattan Borough Presidents Gale Brewer and Eric Adams, NYS Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Council Member Carlos Menchaca, Riders Alliance, Straphangers Campaign and TWU Local 100 and many more.
 
**Route Below**

Thursday: Manhattan & The Bronx

TimeStation (Train line)
7:00-7:30am242nd St (1)
Travel time: 15 min
7:45am-9:00am168th St (1/A/C)
Travel time: 10 min
9:10am-9:40am125th St (A/B/C/D)
Travel time: 10 min
9:50am-10:20am59th St (A/B/C/D/1)
Travel time: 30 min
10:50am-11:35amCity Hall/Chambers St (4/5/6/J)
Travel time: 25 min
12:00pm-12:45pmEast Broadway (F)
Travel time: 45 min
1:30pm-2:00pm125th St (4/5/6)
Travel time: 25 min
2:25pm-2:55pmMosholu Pkwy (4)
Travel time: 30 min
3:25pm-3:55pm161st St-Yankee Stadium (4/B/D)
Break 3:55pm-4:25pm; Travel time: 20 min
4:45pm-5:15pm3rd Ave & 149th St (2/5)
Travel time: 25 min
5:40pm-6:10pmGrand Central (4/5/6/7/S)
Travel time: 10 min  
6:20pm-6:50pm   Times Squae (A/C/E/1/2/3/7/N/Q/R/S)

FRIDAY - Queens, Brooklyn & Staten Island
 
TimeStation (Train line)
7:00am-7:30amQueensboro Plaza (N/W/7)
Travel time: 15 min
7:45am-8:45amJackson Heights/Roosevelt Ave
Travel time: 20 min
9:05am-9:35amSutphin Blvd-Archer Ave (E/J)
Travel time: 25 min
10:00am-10:30amBroadway Junction (A/C/J/Z/L)
Travel time: 20 min
10:50am-11:20amJay St./Metro Tech (A/C/F/R)
Travel time: 60 min
12:20pm-12:50pm36th St (R/N/D)
Break 12:50pm-1:20pm
Travel time: 30 min
1:50pm-2:20pmConey Island (N/D)
Travel time: 1 hour
2:20pm-2:50pmMetropolitan Ave (G)/ Lorimer St. (L)
Travel time: 1h 20 min
4:10pm-4:40pmStapelton (SI Railroad)
Travel time: 1 hour
5:40pm-6:10pmUnion Square (4/5/L)

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