Another L Train Shuttle Weekend Thrills Thousands

The streets outside the Lorimer Street L Train stop yesterday were not a particularly happy spot. Nor for that matter was the station itself as hundreds of people got off trains that were terminating at the station so they could take shuttle buses along the L route to Broadway Junction (where they could catch the L again to Canarsie). There were buses and people lined up at Metropolitan and Union Avenues with MTA employees in orange vests using megaphones to direct people. It's all part of the L Train Weekend Screw Over MTA's aggressive service improvement plan, which continues through August 6. Fun. If you depend on the L Train to get around you know that service has already been suspended on three different weekends and two weekdays this year.