And you wonder why the MTA has a deficit.

Straphangers ended the week with atrocious news - the Doomsday service cuts previously on the table are now being re-considered by the MTA. In the least shocking news I've heard all day, the financial experts clowns underestimated payroll tax revenues (aka b.a.i.l.o.u.t.) to the tune of $200 million. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN??? Did someone forget to carry the one?!?

No fare hikes are in store for 2010 (yippee) but this probably means 50+ bus routes and a few subway lines will get their numbers called. And not in the good new-equipment-for-you kind of way.

To my joyous surprise what did I see tonight at the West 4th Street stop?



Eleven dudes watching two dudes work. Yup.