MTA - Please Fix Jay just got some more exposure thanks to Brownstoner! They had a blog entry reporting on the absurdity of the MTA's holding onto a valuable, vacant building while having massive budget deficits. You can read the entry and the frustrated comments here. Thankfully, due to the Manhattan Institute report and Brownstoner the word is out and thats great. Maybe the MTA will actually do something about this ridiculous situation.The above picture is a reminder of how little the MTA cares about its riders. Is this bus stop some kind of cruel joke?! The sign is completely make-shift and pathetic. The other side has different bus routes listed, so who knows what buses actually stop there. (And check out how the sign indicates some kind of wheelchair accessibility. There is no way you could board a bus from this stop with a wheelchair). People have to wait under a miserable, rusty sidewalk shed and stand on top of a subway grate. When the bus comes it of course cannot access the curb because cars park illegally all day long. (The MTA clearly does not care about enforcing their bus zones, because as we have seen, many times its their worker's personal vehicles parked in the bus stop). So the bus rider has to walk in between cars, over the bike lane and into traffic to board the bus. Meanwhile, all traffic comes to a standstill because the bus is now parked in the moving lane. This happens about every five minutes.
And of course, our friend the pigeon has not been disturbed in years. Here he is above, using our subway station as his bathroom. That bird poop? - Never cleaned! And that peeling paint? Untouched! Oh and are you wondering about the huge planters? Still filled with nothing but dirt and trash.
Don't blame that stuff on the budget deficit. That's just good ol' fashioned, in-your-face MTA negligence!