"Improving, Non-Stop":Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation Includes Weeding

The MTA New York Transit Authority has been making steady progress on the restoration and upgrade work of the F and G Culver line viaduct between the Carroll Street Station and the 4th Avenue Station.

Along Smith Street, the black Christo-like wrapping, which has kept chunks of cement from falling from the crumbling 80-year old structure for years, is slowly being removed as crews are busy repairing.

The projected completion date for this $320.2 million undertaking is the second quarter of 2013 and will not only include the "structurally sound, more attractive viaduct," but also new state of the art signal system and low vibrating rails.

And look, a few days ago, workers were even weeding and cleaning up the sidewalk underneath the Culver viaduct. It looks more attractive already, I'd say.

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No F & G! Train Service Disruption This Week-End

Just a reminder. You are looking ahead of another week-end of train service disruption in and out of the neighborhood. The F and G trains will be replaced by shuttle busses between the Jay Street/Metro Tech and the Church Street Station.

The outage is the result of work on the the Culver Viaduct structure and the rehabilitation of the Smith-9 Streets station.

Annoying? Heck, yes! But all worth it in the end.

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Picture Of The Day: Culver Viaduct At Sunset

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Argggghhhhh! Get ready for more F and G train week-end service disruption, due to the Culver Viaduct Rehab project. On the dates below, F and G train service between Jay Street and Church Avenue will be suspended and will be replaced by shuttle buses.
You know the drill....

Below is a note from the Metropolitan Transit Authority:

Below, please find the weekends in 2010 when MTA NYC Transit will need to suspend F and G service between Jay Street and Church Avenue, due to the ongoing Culver Viaduct rehabilitation project.
A shuttle bus will be replacing F & G service between Jay Street and Church Avenue and will operate both local and express. Hours of operation for each weekend are 12:01 a.m. Saturdays through 5:00 a.m. Mondays.

February 20-22
February 27-March 1
May 8-10
May 15-17
May 22-24
November 13-15
November 20-22

More dates for 2011 will be announced later

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At F Train Town Hall, MTA Promises Improvements

(photo credit: Senator Squadron's office)
From left to right:
Assemblywoman Joan Millman, Councilman-elect Brad Lander
and State Senator Daniel Squadron

Shortly after taking office in early 2009, State Senator Daniel Squadron was flooded with telephone calls from constituents, who complained about the spotty F train service. In response, Squadron asked the MTA to undertake a top-to-bottom review of the F line.

Last week, on Thursday, December 10 at PS 58, Senator Squadron held an "F Train Town Hall."
Andy Inglesby and Glenn Lunden of the M.T.A. were in attendance to explain the recently completed report about the line's performance and to discuss proposals for improving service.
Also on hand were Assemblywoman Joan Millman and Councilman-elect Brad Lander.

In their presentation, Inglesby and Lunden acknowledged that the F significantly lacked behind other lines in the system in on-time performance. Amongst the issues facing the line are:

- the F is the 2nd longest route (27 miles)
-has a complex track sharing between the G, E and V line.
-Has a busy schedule with 15 trains per hour at peak.
-Has a large ridership
-Has an aging car fleet
-And an aging infrastructure (82.5% of the route dates before 1940 or earlier with 16% constructed in 1919-1920)

Currently, some improvements are being implemented. New subway cars have been replacing older ones and some stations are being renovated.

-The Jay Street station rehabilitation will be completed by the end of 2010. A new underground transfer to the M and R lines at Lawrence Street/ Metro Tech will be provided at the J Street station by the first quarter of 2011.

-The Culver Viaduct rehabilitation is underway right now and will be completed by 2013. The work will unfortunately mean some additional interruption in service on some week-ends.
The Viaduct work will include the full renovation of the 9th Street station, which will need to be closed for approximately 9 months.
An express service on the F line will not be possible until this work is completed. The MTA will look at that possibility after 2013.

As for Carroll Gardens' main subway plaza at 2nd Place and Smith Street, which was closed for safety concerns during the construction of the 360 Smith Street building, it will remain closed until October 2010.

Lets hope that some of this work will improve the less-than-average performance of the F.

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When Carroll Gardens Commuters Come Home Tonight, The 2nd Place F Train Plaza Will Be Closed

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Arrrgggg!

Some more F train inconvenience, but this time, it has to do with the rehabilitation of the Culver Viaduct, the elevated tracts over the Gowanus Canal at the Smith and 9th Street station and not with the closure of the 2nd Place entrance. Work on the the steel viaduct, which is currently wrapped Christo-style in black protective netting, is to continue through 2012.

To accommodate the repair, F train service between Jay Street-Borough Hall and Church Avenue will be suspended for the following weekends:

October 10-12,

October 17-19,

October 24-26

and November 14-16,

from 12:01 am Saturdays through 5:00 am Mondays.

There will be shuttle buses provided to transport travelers from Jay Street-Borough Hall along the F train route.

Sounds like a traffic nightmare to me.


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When Carroll Gardens Commuters Come Home Tonight, The 2nd Place F Train Plaza Will Be Closed

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