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Your Weekend Bushwick MTA Headache: J, M & L Will All Have Reduced Service

Who needs a mantra when you can just repeat "please allow additional travel time" while kicking stuff as you text your friends, family and boss telling them you're going to be late to every single goddamn thing you have planned for this weekend?

By Emilie Ruscoe

April 8, 2016 · 2 min read

Your Weekend Bushwick MTA Headache: J, M & L Will All Have Reduced Service
Maybe stay in on Saturday and travel by bike on Sunday.
Bushwick

Your Weekend Bushwick MTA Headache: J, M & L Will All Have Reduced Service

Who needs a mantra when you can just repeat "please allow additional travel time" while kicking stuff as you text your friends, family and boss telling them you're going to be late to every single goddamn thing you have planned for this weekend?

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Your Weekend Bushwick MTA Headache: J, M & L Will All Have Reduced Service
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Who needs a mantra when you can just repeat “please allow additional travel time” while kicking stuff as you text your friends, family and boss telling them you’re going to be late to every single goddamn thing you have planned for this weekend?

For the next two days, the J, M and L trains will all be subject to service changes that will drag out attempts to get around on the three lines…

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