Comments on: MTA to Queens: Happy New Year, forget about your precious 7 train (reprise)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:07:25 +0000

How come the city has no control over the city public transit system? That makes no sense at all. It’s like the MTA has us all hostage.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:42:43 +0000

There is almost no doubt in my mind that there is some screw up like the one described in #33 at the heart of this issue. That is why rallys and press conferences are usless to getting to the root cause of this issue.

By: gd

gd — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:48:14 +0000

I had a music studio at 1063 Jackson and used to commute there from midtown. The 7 train issue has a been a persistent one with many stories. One was that they had hired a private contractor to do the signal light system, they f*&ked it up and apparently it all had to be redone by the MTA. I wonder what the excuse is this time?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:49:46 +0000

Sorry, personally I would rather that there was no rally and that the elected hacks used that time to sit down with the MTA and figure out what needs to be done, why can’t it be done during late nights or other off peak times, why one track can’t run while the other is worked on, why whatever they are doing requires so many weekends for so many consecutive years, how the work is being staffed, etc. Most of all they should be threatening senate hearings, talking to the mayor, etc. That is the only way results are to be had. Much like the LIRR, the MTA will abuse anyone that does not strongly protest and make life difficult for them.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:52:35 +0000

The rally was a protest. Where were you #11 and #27? They needed bodies and obviously yours wasn’t one of them. Where you whining and being negative on liqcity perhaps?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:16:54 +0000

Or how about dollar vans? Anyone offering rides between Vernon and Grand Central would have a steady stream of customers.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:34:32 +0000

You got that right #27! Except for a few, it was the same people as last year nodding their heads and nothing gets done. If we could just get a shuttle bus to Grand Central, I think most people would be satisfied.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:27:38 +0000

MTA transit strike?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:14:01 +0000

The rally was a photo op for our local politicians. Thats it!! We need a protest!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:28:39 +0000

Ooops. I’m 24. I meant “shuttle buses” not “trains,” of course.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:28:09 +0000

Exactly! A measly bus. All that cryin in the wind is going to do nothing. I agree, get on the phone and knocks some heads together!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:54:07 +0000

A couple of decades ago, when the MTA was working on the No. 7, there were shuttle trains between Vernon-Jackson and the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. It was practical then, and there is no reason it couldn’t be practical today. It’s a bus, for crying out loud — not some spacecraft or some other futuristic mode of transport.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:36:29 +0000

If OHP was successful in mitigating the diesel engine drone from the LIRR tracks, then surely our governing agents can get us a measly shuttle to Grand Central. No? Maybe OHP should write them a letter instead. Clearly they are more successful with the MTA.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:56:43 +0000

Yes, 21, just smile while high paid incompetent bureaucrats at MTA shaft you.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:56:10 +0000

The 7 train has to be worked on and that’s the final answer. We can protest and rally all we want, but the work will get done. It would be great if they ran a shuttle to grand central, but how practical is that for the city? We have to grin and bare it. This should be only problems we have down here.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:19:38 +0000

You are entitled to your opinion, but Gioa had several of these press conferences//rallies protesting the MTA shutting down the 7 train, and nothing ever got done except for getting him more publicity.

Instead of having a rally meet with the MTA, the mayor, or whoever it is that has the power to fix the problem. negotiated threaten, or do what it takes to get results.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:13:42 +0000

11, I disagree. Gioia was a no-show for many issues that affected small business and commuters. A conference can bring wider attention so that MTA becomes aware that they are being held accountable to the public.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:17:48 +0000

#18 I agree with you! But you do have many, many places to drink in this area. As far as everything you wrote you are right. There are at least 10 places to eat in a 3 block radius but you can’t find a curtain rod! Go figure.

By: jj

jj — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:17:17 +0000

the problem is not that we have no place to go for a drink, for crying out loud! it’s that some of us may have to work on a weekend. now my 10 minute commute is more than an hour.

or possibly some of us dont want to pay the outrageous grocery prices and maybe want to go to a real grocery store for the week’s shopping. or I might want to hang curtains, paint a wall, or something like that. the nearest hardware store is a subway ride away.

I’ve lived in queens for 8 years now, they do this every winter for months at a time. let that happen on a train going out to prospect heights; people would lose their minds.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:03:19 +0000

Discounts aren’t the answer. Pressure needs to be applied to the MTA. Our elected officials would rather appear in front of cameras instead of actually doing something about it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:47:49 +0000

Why do businesses have to give discounts?? People in this neighborhood wanted these places and still want more… now you want discounts too!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:37:42 +0000

Because if a bar or restaurant gets a good crowd in LIC they will have the police and fire department called on them for disturbing the peace or some other stupid, false offense by their neighbors.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:38:42 +0000

The local businesses could exploit the subway shutdown by offering specials or discounts during the period. Why not generate a little excitement during a dreary No. 7-less winter weekend?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:22:22 +0000

Maybe this is a good time to support all the restaurants, bars and businesses in our neighborhood that everyone is so anxious to have.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:37:49 +0000

While I appreciate the effort, Van Bramer seems to be following in Gioas footsteps. What good is holding a press conference going to do. Doesn’t being an elected offical have any power? I can hold a press conference or a rally. Get on the phone and start knocking heads and making noise until the problem is addressed.