Nassau will run extra buses, Blakeman says
Commuters at the LIRR station on Monday in Mineola. Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp
The MTA will have shuttle buses going from six LIRR stations — Bay Shore, Hicksville, Huntington, Mineola, Ronkonkoma and near Lakeview — to Jamaica-179th Street or Howard Beach-Kennedy Airport subway stations. Buses will run every 10 minutes on weekdays from 4:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. heading west, and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. heading east. MTA chief financial officer Jai Patel said between 165 and 275 buses could be secured for the contingency plan, costing the MTA $325,000 to $550,000 per day.
Asked by Newsday what Nassau was doing to prepare for a possible LIRR strike, County Executive Bruce Blakeman said through a spokesman, “All county parks have large parking lots which can be used for carpooling.”
“NICE Bus will have extra buses on existing routes to handle overload in the event of a strike,” he added.
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