MTA staffs up LIRR trains when fewer NYers ride: Working for the weekendBy Nolan Hicks
March 9, 2023
The Long Island Rail Road is staffing weekend trains more heavily than it does weekday service, even though Saturdays and Sundays account for just a fraction of its ridership, a Post investigation has found.
The pre-pandemic log of staffing assignments for the LIRR’s 1,200-plus trains raises new questions about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s management of the railroad as it has been hit by a slew of scandals and suffered a week-long meltdown following the poorly planned rollout of a its new schedule.
“Many city riders are struggling every day to get where we need to go,” said Danny Pearlstein, the top spokesman for the Riders Alliance..
“And we depend on the MTA to get us there. We need the governor and legislature to ensure the MTA has the resources necessary — and deploys the resources effectively — to save us time and bring New York back.”
The Post’s analysis revealed that by almost any measure the LIRR staffs its weekend service far more generously than weekdays.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/03/09/working-for-the-weekend-mta-staffs-up-its-lirr-trains-when-fewer-nyers-ride/
