Not Going Your Way
The MTA's slogan is The MTA: Going Your Way. Not these days. In the latest in an alarming string of major service disruptions, a smoke condition forced the evacuation of hundreds of A, C, B, and D riders this evening morning. The incident is the fourth such delay in the last few weeks, coming on the heels of a shutdown of Lexington Avenue service for the better part of a day, a smoke condition that left 7 train riders trapped under the East River for an hour, and a fire that stopped service near Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. At first, I wanted to believe NYC Transit's line that these problems are merely a fluke rather than a trend, but I'm not so sure anymore.