No Queens Bound F Trains To Roosevelt Island This Weekend - Mayor Bloomberg Says Not My Job
According to the MTA, there will be no Queens bound F Train service to Roosevelt Island this weekend but there will be Manhattan bound service from Roosevelt Island. As calculated by Roosevelt Island 360, that makes 17 weekends out of 35 that subway service has been disrupted on Roosevelt Island in 2008. RIOC is reporting no weekend service advisories for the Tram but there is an advisory that Southpoint Park will be closed on Saturday. Plan accordingly.
The NY Observer reported on Roosevelt Island's transportation problems particularly with the subway. According to the NY Observer:
... The train situation is pretty bad because it gets crowded," said Jose Cepeda, an accountant who has lived on Roosevelt Island for seven years. "There are times when we can't get in, and two or three trains will pass."But a contrary viewpoint from a new resident:
... So far, newcomers have not been deterred. Heidi Blahnick, who moved to Roosevelt Island from Manhattan three months ago, loves the tram. And the subway? "It's no more [crowded] than the 4/5/6, which is what I used to take," she said. "It's about the same."At last Wednesday's meeting of RIRA, a council member recounted a story of her recent meeting with Mayor Bloomberg. Upon learning that she lived on Roosevelt Island, Mayor Bloomberg responded with an inquiry on how many people live on Roosevelt Island now. Seeking to utilize her 30 seconds with the Mayor for the benefit of Roosevelt Island she ignored the Mayor's population question and asked him to do something about the poor subway conditions on Roosevelt Island. The Mayor's response? It's not my job! That's the big problem for Roosevelt Island. When asked to address many of the problems facing Roosevelt Island, more often than not the response from public officials is:
IT'S NOT MY JOB!
3 comments :
The MTA was created as an agency independent of the city specifically so the politicians could say it wasn't their job. Plus, Roosevelt Island is run by the State, so Bloomberg is right. Of course that never stopped him from looking for our votes.
What do you expect when the professional Roosevelt Islanders have been talking about their "little village" for the past 30 years as if it were not a New York City neighborhood.
9:32pm: touche
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