Dear Editor:

In regard to the MTA bus route changes that began on June 29, I have to laugh when I hear a tape on the bus that says they are making the system “more reliable and direct.”

Tell that to the people who ride the lines that have been cut in half, such as the Q38, which now only goes as far as Fresh Pond Road, where you have to wait up to 15 minutes for a Q14 bus to take you the rest of your ride.

This is not reliable and direct.

But folks, wait — there are more cuts coming this Sunday, Aug. 31. Additional lines and stops are being eliminated. For example, the Q21 is going to be discontinued and replaced by three Q11 routes. However, the Q11 will no longer be going up Pitkin Avenue, and all the existing service to 157th Avenue will be discontinued.

So the choices that the cus

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