The L train that links Williamsburg to Manhattan has become notoriously overcrowded in recent years, and authorities are finally going to take action to give riders some breathing room.
According to the New York Times, an additional train will run on the L line between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on weekdays starting in December. Subway officials have also promised to start running more weekend trains in summer 2012.
These additions were prompted by an in-depth New York City Transit study that showed, among other things, that the L train has seen a 141 percent increase in ridership since 1998, compared with 53 percent across the subway system at large. On Saturdays during the peak hours of 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., L trains sometimes hold as much as 35 percent more passengers than the recommended capacity.
Get the full story at the City Room blog.
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