Best subway line

G train which is the only one that doesn't go into Manhattan. http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2013/05/8529572/report-g-train-outshines-reputation-l-train-disappoints-hurricane-s By Dana Rubinstein 6:30 am May. 1, 2013 However trendy it may be to knock the G, a new report finds that the oft-ridiculed subway line continues to outperform its reputation, while delays along the... [more]

G train which is the only one that doesn't go into Manhattan. http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2013/05/8529572/report-g-train-outshines-reputation-l-train-disappoints-hurricane-s By Dana Rubinstein 6:30 am May. 1, 2013 However trendy it may be to knock the G, a new report finds that the oft-ridiculed subway line continues to outperform its reputation, while delays along the neighboring L train have gotten dramatically worse. In the first ten months of 2012 before Hurricane Sandy deluged New York City's subway system, the stumpy line of ill repute had fewer "controllable" delays than any other subway line in New York City, according to the Straphangers Campaign, which issued its second annual report analyzing the email and text message alerts sent by the M.T.A. to some 92,000 subscribers whenever incidents like signal malfunctions create delays expected to last several minutes. In the interest of fairness, the Campaign excluded all delays it deemed beyond the control of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, like those caused by sick passengers or police investigating a suspicious package. In 2012, as in 2011, the G train had the fewest delays. In fact, compared to last year, the number of service alerts along the G train actually dropped 19 percent, from 42 to 34. Why then does the G train get such a bad rap? Gene Russianoff, the Campaign's staff attorney, attributes it to the train's relative stumpiness—"It's a shorter number of cars and you have to scramble to get to it"—and to the 2010 M.T.A. service cuts that suspended G train service to Forest Hills. "But as you know, there's some good stuff that people on the line should feel better about, particularly extending the G to Church Avenue," he added. Service on the L train, meanwhile, got drastically worse. In 2011, delays along the L train sparked 84 alerts; in 2012, it sparked 60 percent more, or 134, a larger increase than on any other line in the system. The F train, however, had the most delays overall, totalling a whopping 225 in 2012. Overall, delays systemwide increased 10 percent in 2012, and that was before Hurricane Sandy corroded the system with salt water. In the first three months of 2013, the M.T.A. sent out 29 percent more alerts than in the same period the year prior. [less]