Don’t Say This Kid’s Not Ambitious
If you can’t figure out the impasse in Albany, tackle something truly baffling — like why the F train continues to suck:
The “performance and infrastructure” review, which goes beyond the agency’s normal oversight of the Coney Island to Queens line, came after state Sen. Daniel Squadron cornered the MTA’s Albany-based lobbyist and demanded action.
“I have been getting increasing complaints about the F line from my constituents and, no less important, my fiancee,” Squadron told The Brooklyn Paper. “So I asked the MTA to do a full review, and they agreed.
“There was definitely a sense in March and April, judging from the e-mails to our office, that something was wrong — the delays were longer, the trains more overcrowded,” Squadron added. “When I brought it up to the MTA, they did a quick search that suggested, at first glance, that something was wrong.
“That’s why they agreed to a full review,” he added. “I’m happy that they’re being responsive.”
(That said, Senator, you might want to carefully consider how campaigns like this craft your public image especially while things are so topsy-turvy.)
Posted: June 16th, 2009 | Filed under: Architecture & Infrastructure, Brooklyn, Followed By A Perplexed Stroke Of The Chin