Save the Accessible, Inter-Borough Buses

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We the undersigned, resident and concerned individuals, believe that the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is making a terrible mistake in eliminating accessible, inter-borough mass transit options. By cutting multiple Express Bus routes, as well as, the Bx 20, B 39 & B 51 local bus routes which serve as an important inter-borough linkage between various parts of NYC, it will have a disproportionate impact on riders with mobility impairments. Further, the below signed demand that the MTA reconsider the decision to discontinue the Express Buses and the Bx 20, B 39 & B 51 bus routes before June 1, 2010.

180 Signatures

  • T.K. Small
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 55 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
  • A. Tray
  • Ruth Harrigan
    • Comments
    • В
    • Address; ZIP code
    • В
  • Cara
    • Comments
    • I am a teenager with cerebral palsy and accessible buses as well as paratransit services are critical for my indpendence. MTA's practices are unfair and discriminatory. When you take away our independence, you take away our lives! Please check out my webzine dedicated to spreading disability culture and pride: http://www.mosaicwebzine.org
  • Georgios
  • Marvin Wasserman
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10002
  • Susan Dooha
  • Chantall Askins
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 11377
  • Doug Biviano
    • Comments
    • Hey MTA execs, stop picking on students and those who cannot access the subway system. Instead, cut out the waste, corruption and giving away hundred million dollar MTA properties -- like Atlantic Yards -- to private developers.
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 169 Columbia Hts; 11201
  • Alexander Wood
    • Comments
    • Do not cut out this vital service in NYC, as tens of thousands of New Yorkers with disabilities will no longer have access to school, work, shopping, and the cultural institutions that make life in NYC worthwhile.
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10004
  • Jim Kennedy
  • Gail Fuller
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10034
  • Jean Ryan
    • Comments
    • I use the X27. X28 and B51
    • Address; ZIP code
    • В
  • Melina Cowan
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10034
  • tim schuebel
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10021
  • Rachel Graff
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10003
  • Catherine Weinstock
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10013
  • Brett Eisenberg
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10457
  • Melvin L. Dennis
    • Comments
    • The B51 bus is a lifeline between downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan. It is the only way I can get to Brooklyn other than Access-A-Ride.
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 40 Waterside Plaza, NY, NY 10010
  • Alejandra Ospina
    • Address; ZIP code
    • New York, NY
  • Katherine Mancuso
  • E.S. Schloss
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 155 E. 93RD ST., #4A, NYC
  • Anita R.
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10011
  • Mario Mateo
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10452
  • Laura Hershey
    • Comments
    • This affects not just residents of NY, but also visitors.
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 80113
  • Carmelo Gonzalez
    • Comments
    • We need more accessible train stations and we need to use the ones that we do have.
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10038
  • Philip Bennett
    • Comments
    • Bus cuts: penny wise, pound foolish
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 11234
  • melissa
  • Maria Sotnikova
  • Joe
  • Michael Volkman
    • Comments
    • Until every single subway station is fully accessible and all of their elevators are completely reliable, people with disabilities rely on bus transportation. Reducing our options will force more of us to use Access-A-Ride at times when we would choose to use mainline service. Paratransit, while a valuable service, sometimes is not the best option. Furthermore, each paratransit trip cost much more for the city to provide than regular mainline service. Reducing or eliminating mainline buses will lead to heavier usage of paratransit, which will be more expensive for the city.
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 12210
  • Ivan F. Khoury
  • Andrew Kurzweil
    • Address; ZIP code
    • P.O. 290601, Brooklyn, NY 11229-0601
  • Lawrence Carter-Long
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 11232
  • Eric Randolph
    • Comments
    • The MTA is making a tremendous mistake in cutting all these transit lines and bus routes throughout the boroughs. This is really going to affect the people with disabilities as well as the elderly. I truly think that the people that work for the MTA do not take the time out to find out what kinds of effects these cuts will cause if they cut these particular train lines or bus routes.
  • Roger W Kula, MD
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 11021
  • Dynah H
  • Silke Lichter
  • Natasha Tellier
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10457
  • Jim Desimone
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10595
  • Michelle Jones
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 2350 Webster Ave, Apt 2H, Bronx 10458
  • Christine Clark
  • david muchnick
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10023
  • Jeanne Marie Donnelly
  • Etienne Baxter
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 10012
  • Mimi Weitz
    • Address; ZIP code
    • 412 Pacing Way, Westbury NY 11590
  • Kathleen Pautler
    • Comments
    • Cutting these routes will be totally unacceptable!
  • Allegra Stout
    • Comments
    • В
    • Address; ZIP code
    • В
  • Nadina LaSpina
    • Address; ZIP code
    • New York, NY
  • Daniel Robert
    • Address; ZIP code
    • New York, NY