Regarding two other modes of travel, transit travel and nonmotorized travel did not differ considerably in terms of their sensitivity levels on weekdays, but on weekends, transit travel was more sensitive.
The bulk of the subway's repair work still occurs on weekends, and transit officials are wondering how to fit in necessary maintenance while avoiding sardine-like conditions on major lines.
Peter S. Kalikow, the M.T.A. chairman, said that nearly everything that could have been done to accommodate Grand Street riders was being done, except running the M train 24 hours a day and on weekends, which transit officials say would be too difficult because of extensive track work needed on that line.
If the fare is increased to $1.75 -- with similar increases in bridge and tunnel tolls, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Railroad -- service cuts would still need to be imposed on nights and weekends, where transit ridership has increased markedly in recent years.
Evening and weekend parking, mass transit, utilities and restaurants are all in place to serve the needs of a new downtown cultural center.
Service on the No. 7 train was suspended from 12 01 a.m. on Saturday to 5 a.m. on Monday for 10 stops through western Queens, the first of five weekend shutdowns that transit officials said were necessary to modernize the signal system and reconfigure track switches.
Over the weekend, the entire transit system was shut down because of the storm.
TRANSPORTATION HOBOKEN GETS WEEKEND REPAIRS New Jersey Transit said the Main Line and Port Jervis Line would terminate in Secaucus rather than Hoboken over the weekend to allow work to proceed uninterrupted in Hoboken, where several electrical substations were submerged.
A report in the F.Y.I. column last Sunday about subway stations' operating hours included an erroneous reference, from New York City Transit, to weekend service.
The plans, which appeared in documents on the authority's Web site over the weekend, are described by transit officials as routine adjustments to account for trends in ridership, which has sagged in the weak economy.
