how did I know the F wd suck this morning? MTA can no longer deal w/ cold, rain.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 8 December 2008 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i feel as though every train sucks lately.
― very quotatious (tehresa), Monday, 8 December 2008 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
cept the nostalgia train, of course.
There has been SO MUCH trackwork lately, on pretty much every single line. Is that normal before the holidays? I don't remember it being this crazy in previous years.
― One Community Service Mummy, hold the Straightedge Merman (Laurel), Monday, 8 December 2008 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
i really feel like the L had improved 10-fold and now they are reverting back to their old ways. grr.
― very quotatious (tehresa), Monday, 8 December 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
they're running so many trains on the l line now. during morning rush hour, they're going once every minute or so, which seems to be leading to congestion.
― lauren, Monday, 8 December 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
and i have to admit, i've been pretty lucky in terms of delays. nothing worse than waiting for 3 or 4 minutes between stations, which is no big deal.
― lauren, Monday, 8 December 2008 15:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I never saw all that gross stuff on the E train mentioned above. Maybe people were riding on the Jacob's Ladder undertunnel ghost train version?
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 December 2008 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
The ACE is nasty as hell man. The A train always smells like someone put a bunch of hobo rags in front of a fan and the whole time it's blowing in your face.
― burt_stanton, Monday, 8 December 2008 15:42 (fifteen years ago) link
youre fucking crazy dude i take that train all the time and it doesnt smell like anything
― beyonc'e (max), Monday, 8 December 2008 15:45 (fifteen years ago) link
like not even "its not that bad burt" literally that train has no smell except normal train and subway smells
The best part about the A, I think, is that it goes CRAZY FAST between Manhattan and Bk. Way faster than any other train I can remember being on. I definitely feel like the cars are hurtling through the tunnel like a Chinese dragon in a bad cartoon, and I always enjoy that.
― One Community Service Mummy, hold the Straightedge Merman (Laurel), Monday, 8 December 2008 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I love the announcners on that thing. NEXT STOP, CROOKLYN! Sure beats the L train's "please stand away from the closing doors. boom boom"
― burt_stanton, Monday, 8 December 2008 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
the A is my favorite train cause it goes everywhere that i go
― beyonc'e (max), Monday, 8 December 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
based on my daily commuting experience, A > C >>>>>>>>> F
though the one C conductor who wishes us a happy day and hopes we enjoyed riding the C, "the best subway line in the system," is pretty rad
― mookieproof, Monday, 8 December 2008 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link
i love both the A and the C but i gotta say whenever i ride the 4 5 6 it makes me feel like im in a different city
― beyonc'e (max), Monday, 8 December 2008 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I hate the 4/5. 6 is admissible only because no one wants to take the local so it's not too crowded.
― One Community Service Mummy, hold the Straightedge Merman (Laurel), Monday, 8 December 2008 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Laurel otm about the 6.
Re: Conductor announcements. Best things I ever heard them say were"Attention passengers: we are being held in the station due to a delay in service"and"Thank you for your inconvenience"
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 December 2008 16:07 (fifteen years ago) link
i dont know about the crowding i just mean that the 4/5/6 feel like future trains to those of used to taking the a/c
― beyonc'e (max), Monday, 8 December 2008 16:11 (fifteen years ago) link
also, from brooklyn bridge/city hall to grand central in two stops (on the 4/5) is a kind of magic
― mookieproof, Monday, 8 December 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
There's an uptick in track repair? always feels like the same enormous fuxup 52 weeks a year to me.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 8 December 2008 16:25 (fifteen years ago) link
omfg last year the L-4/5-2 combo nearly killed me.
― very quotatious (tehresa), Monday, 8 December 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
waiting for the L in manhattan to take me to the G at 4am every night this week has been a TREASURE
― lol cool j (donna rouge), Monday, 8 December 2008 17:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Catching the G at Court Square isn't bad because they're basically always there. Anywhere else after 10:00 pm and you might as well sleep in a cardboard box somewhere until the morning.
― burt_stanton, Monday, 8 December 2008 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Court Sq is almost intolerable now during the morning rush because there's only one small stairway for EVERYONE, thanks to the construction. The crowding leaving the G station is infuriating.
― One Community Service Mummy, hold the Straightedge Merman (Laurel), Monday, 8 December 2008 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
VERY NICE:
The MTA has proposed doubling the fare for Access-a-Ride, the para-transit system it runs. Access-a-Ride customers – including many disabled and elderly people – are among the most vulnerable. A doubling of their fare will make it much harder for them to visit relatives, get medical care and be out in the world. If, like us, you are outraged by the MTA proposal, please sign a petition at this link, operated by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer:
http://www.petitiononline.com/mbpo/petition.html
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 8 December 2008 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
the a train entrance i use at 14th street is kind of a little side one with only one gate. last night a crazy homeless guy was purposefully blocking it by hugging the metrocard reader. as people lined up behind me i was like 'cmon dude' and was considering physically shoving him aside. he looked up at me with bright insane eyes and remnants of something unpleasant in his beard and blurted out, 'you're a big fucker!' and stepped away.
after i went through he leaned back on the card reader. i could hear the next guy arguing with him but i don't know what happened because my train was coming.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 January 2009 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
The best part of the ACE is then getting off at West 4 and going down to the BDFV platform in the middle of summer. OMG... nasty doesn't even cover it. :P I usually just get out at W4 and walk the rest of my way when it's a really hot and humid day rather than face that lower platform. AND they opened a dunkin donuts on W3rd near Sullivan a few months ago. Hooray.
BTW.. NYC Transit survival skills: learn to use your elbows and you'll be fine.
― lyra, Thursday, 8 January 2009 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Lyra I join you in celebrating the Dunkin Donuts over by Thompson, not just for easy access to bad donuts, but because the DD ground coffee in the stores is somehow better than the DD ground coffee sold in supermarkets.
― nabisco, Thursday, 8 January 2009 22:46 (fifteen years ago) link
getting off at West 4 and going down to the BDFV platform
― ilx chilton (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 9 January 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought I was the only one who could taste the difference! My guess is the stuff in the stores is just fresher or something. I've been in love with DD coffee since college, we used to drink it originally because it was closeby and better than dining hall sludge coffee and I kind of got hooked. Playing with my wall E toy and DD from Thompson at my desk this summer:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/2661673635_eb1a517d73_m.jpg
― lyra, Friday, 9 January 2009 13:35 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2662587240_afce8b3495_m.jpg
and with a Pearl River chopstick ;-)
― lyra, Friday, 9 January 2009 13:36 (fifteen years ago) link
wddll
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Friday, 9 January 2009 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
that lower platform at W4 is like my second home. That which does not kill me...
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 9 January 2009 14:02 (fifteen years ago) link
WTF is wddll?
Also I had no idea that W4 was such a secret ILX nexus. crazy.
― lyra, Friday, 9 January 2009 21:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Dear D train: You suck. Thanks for stalling out this evening, messing up my carefully timed commute to my train home.
On the bright side, fuck going to the gym for a few days, I ran like crazy and made it from the uptown CE platform in Penn to my train with like 30 seconds to spare. Weaving through that crowd is like playing hockey.
― lyra, Thursday, 22 January 2009 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought this revive was gonna be about this article
― lemmy tristano (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 January 2009 23:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Hahaha Lyra I think the joke was "What Dunkin Donuts Looks Like."
W4 seems like a secret nexus of all things, really. I am going to be a jerk and start referring to it as "downtown's own Columbus Circle."
― nabisco, Thursday, 22 January 2009 23:26 (fifteen years ago) link
P.S. It's true, there is no place that "beer-flavored Doritos" sounds like a worse idea than on the freaking subway
― nabisco, Thursday, 22 January 2009 23:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Hahaha Lyra I think the joke was "What Dunkin Donuts Looks Like."I'm starting to hear an Afghan Whigs song with these lyrics. Although I can't reallly hear exactly what they would be, maybe nabisco will write them, like he did for "BLT" on The logic of the setlist
― lemmy tristano (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 January 2009 23:31 (fifteen years ago) link
With that title, I mean.
― lemmy tristano (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 January 2009 23:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i'll warn youif hungryi'll eat the weight of ten strong men
tell you a secretthey shared a donut once or twiceshe loved himhe loved foodwent back for seconds a couple of times
f train breaks down every nightthis must be what dunkin donuts looks like
― mookieproof, Friday, 23 January 2009 04:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Thr F was monstrous yesterday morning
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 23 January 2009 14:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Took nearly 2 hours to get from Greenpoint to Union Square. If I were driving I'd be near Albany by now. and this is -before- the service cuts?
― burt_stanton, Friday, 23 January 2009 14:34 (fifteen years ago) link
it is lol to me that when waiting @ the 3rd ave. L you can smell dunkin donuts wafting down to the platform.
― tehresa, Friday, 23 January 2009 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
third ave L is a travesty and sure sign of the laziness of the american. fuckers can't walk to either union square or first ave? get real.
― ian, Friday, 23 January 2009 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
right? most useless stop ever.
― tehresa, Friday, 23 January 2009 15:08 (fifteen years ago) link
literally 1 block from the easternmost exit @ union square!
― tehresa, Friday, 23 January 2009 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
need Ave B stop
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 23 January 2009 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
:(
xp
― How can there be male ladybugs? (Laurel), Friday, 23 January 2009 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link