Gentile: MTA giving R riders the runaround
Councilmember Vincent Gentile’s fight with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) over the R train is showing no signs of slowing down.
Gentile, who organized a rally outside the R train station at Fourth Avenue and 77th Street in Bay Ridge on Dec. 11 to protest lousy service on the subway line, is blasting the MTA over its response to his suggestions on how to improve the ride for commuters.
“The MTA’s statement in response to my rally issued via the media is simply inadequate, much like R train service in Bay Ridge,” Gentile said. “The statement was also as vague as MTA’s ‘signal problems’ during a morning and evening commute. The MTA failed to address the atrocities of R line service in Bay Ridge and Brooklyn as a whole.”