A budget saving plan is before New York City Transit [1] this morning, recommending a halt to repair city stations and subway cars. If passed, the Metropolitan Transit Authority [2] will see dramatic cuts in service.

Transit riders who hope for better conditions in the subway will not be satisfied with MTA's $2.4 billion in service cuts.

The plan hopes to save $2.4 billion by raising fares, cutting car cleaning and quality control, and stopping the repair of 19 subway stations. Supporters of the plan claim that most cuts will be done behind the scenes and have zero interference in day-to-day transit. Proponents believe that this will most certainly cause strife among riders who hope for, at least, a clean commute.

"When people get on a car and maybe it's not quite as clean as before, they notice it," William Henderson, executive director of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA [3], told AM New York [4].

The MTA will officially release their 2009 preliminary budget next month.