Once again, the F and G trains will be out of service this weekend. The trains were down for the weekend before the week of Thanksgiving and now they will be out of service again a week later and replaced with shuttle buses. When I called the MTA to find out why the trains will be down for yet another weekend, I was given the standard answer about "track work" being needed. As much as I love Brooklyn, it's times like this that I wished I lived in Manhattan where the subways are always running. Sure, track work is done in Manhattan also, but at least you have other options if your particular line isn't running. You can walk a few avenues and catch another line that is up and running if your particular line isn't. Out here in Brooklyn, you're pretty much forced to take the dreaded shuttle buses if the trains aren't running.
I will never be convinced that the service disruptions are equal between boroughs. Manhattan gets better treatment than other boroughs because it's the moneymaker. That's where the tourists are. That's where the money is. The MTA honchos must think, To hell with the people who live and work in Brooklyn. They can suffer. It's not right. I understand track work is necessary and usually that track work is at least staggered a few weeks between service disruptions, but this every other weekend thing is not right.
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