The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is going to need a fresh coat of paint.
After weeks of discussion, the MTA has proposed new plans that modify the original deficit reduction plan released in January. The plans include decisions to eliminate the V subway line and replace it with the M line. The M line's routes in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn will be altered or eliminated, and it will also lose its distinctive brown color and instead adopt the orange hue of the B, D and F lines. The M will continue to run in Queens and Williamsburg.
But fear not, V fans. According to an MTA spokesman, "The train will run along the M tracks between Broadway/Lafayette to Metropolitan Ave., skipping the currently served [Second Avenue], and along the V tracks from Broadway/Lafayette uptown to Forest Hills. So really, the service along the V line will remain, but it will be renamed."
According to the revised estimates, riders in the Manhattan Second Avenue station will now have to wait an additional 45 seconds. Riders in downtown Brooklyn stations will have to wait an extra 1.1 minutes. The project expects to save roughly $4 million, an estimate that has not changed since the January projections.
In addition, 11 bus lines originally scheduled for elimination or service reduction have been saved. The W line, however, is still scheduled to be eliminated.
