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MTA Budget Cuts:

• Approximately 50 local bus routes are targeted in the budget proposal, falling in one of three categories: elimination, cancellation of weekday or weekend service.

• More than 200,000 weekday and weekend riders use those routes, says NYC Transit's 2007 Subway and Bus Ridership Report, the latest available.

• The budget plan also calls for longer gaps between subway trains from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. That would mean longer late-night waits for 40,000 riders on average each weeknight and another 110,000 or so riders on weekends, NYC Transit records show.

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