New legislation would require the MTA to give at least 30 days\u2019 notice before making planned service changes, particularly those that affect subway lines for extended periods.<\/p>\n
Community boards would receive the notifications and be able to provide feedback before the changes take effect.<\/p>\n
For many riders, the lack of warning has become a daily frustration.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day, there\u2019s another change,\u201d said Richard, a Midwood resident. \u201cThe B is running local, the Q is not running, and you find out that day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Community Board 11 is among those supporting the measure, arguing that neighborhoods deserve more time to prepare for disruptions and communicate concerns.<\/p>\n
Assembly Member William Colton, who represents parts of southern Brooklyn, said the bill is designed to give local leaders a voice in the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey will have a say because their elected officials, their board president, their community planning board will contact the MTA and say, \u2018Hey, this is the problem in this neighborhood,\u2019\u201d Colton said.<\/p>\n
The bill would not give communities the power to block service changes or halt necessary repairs. But supporters say earlier notice could help residents and businesses better plan around weekend shutdowns and off\u2011peak disruptions \u2014 especially on heavily used lines like the B and Q.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need service just like Manhattan,\u201d said Ramit, another Midwood resident. \u201cWe need the service to continue and be consistent. And we travel on the weekends too, and on off\u2011peak hours.\u201d<\/p>\n
Colton said that while the MTA may propose alternative travel options during outages, those alternatives often fall short for riders and local businesses.<\/p>\n
The bill now heads to the state Senate for consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New legislation would require the MTA to give at least 30 days\u2019 notice before making planned service changes,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,141,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-168932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-mta","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}