The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's finance committee voted 9-to-1 Monday to recommend a recently revised package of service changes be brought up for a full board vote later this week.

MTA officials are looking to fill an $800 million hole in its 2010 budget, and say measures they have taken include a 15-percent cut in administrative costs and transit service cuts.

"They made some changes which they should get credit for, but 100 percent of the subway cuts are still in place and 90 percent of the bus cuts are still in place. So literally, millions of subway riders and tens of thousands of bus riders will feel these cuts very directly," said Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign.

Over the last several weeks, the MTA held public hearings in each of the five boroughs, listening to the concerns of angry straphangers.

On Friday, the agency released revised proposals for service changes restoring between $5 million and $6 million worth of cuts originally proposed as part of $77.6 million package.

The first restorations include the BX18 in the Bronx and the S42 and S60 on Staten Island.

Citing accessibility reasons, the MTA says it's saving the B13 in Brooklyn and the BX8 in the Bronx.

MTA officials are also considering restoring service to the BX33 in the Bronx on weekends and the M22 in Manhattan. Officials say they would also like to see service restored to the B4 in Brooklyn and the Q42 in Queens during rush hours.

On the subway side, the MTA still plans to combine the V and M lines which will maintain the "M" train name.

"This is the worst round of service cuts that anybody's seen in over 35 years. This is going to really impact users of the MTA system and it's a shame that it's come to this in the most transit-dependent system in America," said MTA Board Member Andrew Albert.

The full board will take up the issue Wednesday during what is sure to be a contentious meeting.