Pols push Blaz on ‘L’ train plan

OUR 24/7 CITY needs a traffic plan in action around the clock during the L train shutdown, a group of 12 elected officials wrote to Mayor de Blasio.

The officials, including Borough Presidents Gale Brewer of Manhattan and Eric Adams of Brooklyn, said plans to restrict traffic on 14th St. for buses and for high-occupancy-vehicle lanes on the Williamsburg Bridge should be in place 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

“Our communities are 24/7 neighborhoods, and the L train is busy all day and all night,” the officials’ letter dated Monday said. “If we hope to persuade New Yorkers to continue to rely on public transit while the L train tunnel is closed, we must provide shuttle bus service that is seamless, efficient and reliable whenever our constituents need to ride.”

De Blasio has said that restrictions should be in place for peak travel times to “hit the balance point” with Manhattan residents who live on or near 14th St.

Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg (photo) said last week the city is still figuring out how to define peak hours to let buses travel unimpeded.

NYC Transit President Andy Byford backed a round-the-clock busway for 14th St. The L line is one of the system’s busiest, traveling through Brooklyn and Manhattan neighborhoods with a strong nightlife scene. The L on nights and weekends can feel like a Monday morning rush hour.

The letter said de Blasio needs to finalize a plan quickly ahead of the April 2019 shutdown — expected to last 15 months — of the L train’s Canarsie tunnel to repair Hurricane Sandy damage.

“Our constituents need to know what the city is planning, so they can make plans of their own,” the letter said.