MTA to beef up service elsewhere during R and G train construction
Straphangers can breathe a tiny sigh of relief.
After pressure from residents, elected officials and grassroots organizations, the MTA has announced that it will beef up service on other train lines and increase service by 25 percent on the X27 express bus from Bay Ridge to Lower Manhattan during the dreaded R train construction.
Specifically, to help G train riders – who are also experiencing a crunch – the MTA will suspend construction on the 7 and L lines during G train repairs; it will consider adding free transfers from the G train Broadway station to the J and M train Lorimer Street station during the five-week tunnel closure in 2014; it will consider extending the G train shuttle bus route to Queens Plaza during the closures and is working with the Department of Transportation to explore accelerating the CitiBike launch in Greenpoint and Williamsburg