Commuters try to leave the 34th Street subway platform as the downtown Q and W trains become overcrowded and filled to capacity during rush hour Thursday, Oct. 4, 2001, in New York. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser)
The Q has been rated the best New York City subway line for the first time since 2001.
The finding is from the Straphangers Campaign's "State of the Subways" report card.
The Q runs between Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn and Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard in Queens. The riders' advocates like its announcements, among other things.
The C line is rated the worst, for the fourth year in a row. That line operates between East New York in Brooklyn and Washington Heights in Manhattan.
Its shortcomings are listed as: amount of scheduled service; mechanical delays; subway car cleanliness; and announcements.
The MTA, which runs the subway system, responded to the findings Wednesday:
"While we appreciate the positive results of the Straphangers' latest survey, those results do not tell the full story. We believe that NYC Transit's Key Performance Indicators (KPI) methodology, reported monthly in the NYCT Committee Agenda, offers a fairer and more complete assessment of subway service by evaluating performance and conditions from the passengers' point of view, as informed by customer surveys.
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The driver of a vehicle that crashed into a grocery store on 2nd Avenue and East 4th Street in the East Village on Wednesday morning has been arrested. The car jumped the curb before mowing down a tree, light post, fire hydrant and injuring six people.
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June 19 is National Dine Out Day. Restaurants and vendors across the country are contributing a percentage of their revenues for the day to the NJ Relief Fund to benefit Superstorm Sandy victims.
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One bird may have been responsible for several hundred Hoboken residents losing power.
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Commuters try to leave the 34th Street subway platform as the downtown Q and W trains become overcrowded and filled to capacity during rush hour Thursday, Oct. 4, 2001, in New York. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser)
