https://www.instagram.com/p/BOVWtJzg6dq/
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 27 December 2016 14:04 (seven years ago) link
Sadly, over the course of construction, the MTA scrapped some fancy features, including glass platform walls with sliding doors that would have increased energy efficiency and prevented people from throwing trash on the tracks (or jumping onto them).
absolute trash
― 龜, Thursday, 29 December 2016 19:08 (seven years ago) link
Popped into my head today: a song performed by some platform acoustic guitar dude, possibly as far back as ten years ago. I suspect if I actually heard it, I would find it to be pretty intolerable coffee-shop earnest-folk jam dude stuff, but in my brain as it resonates it's sounding very hooky. All I can remember: "Cause you know it's a sin, halfway down and halfway out." Not much to go on and presumably I will never hear or find this song again. Kinda content with the version in my head which is sounding more and more Kurt Vile-esque than it ever did in reality. Sorta like Little Pete and "Summerbaby" on The Adventures of Pete and Pete. Ho hum.
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Friday, 30 December 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
Longest commute ever
― The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 January 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
B train appeared at carroll gardens this morning
not as impressive as if it were an E, but still
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 January 2017 16:12 (seven years ago) link
transit magic will happen under Mayor Hillary
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 January 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
Yes that was fun. I completely missed a 9am mandatory meeting. Sadly though 2 hours is not even my longest commute ever.
― If authoritarianism is Romania's ironing board, then (in orbit), Monday, 9 January 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
http://gothamist.com/2017/01/06/subway_cell_phone_etiquette.php
lol get 1 headphones, dummy
― k3vin k., Monday, 9 January 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
sb
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 January 2017 18:28 (seven years ago) link
Silly article - there's an etiquette issue but it's not about preserving some Quiet Car vision of a world made tolerable by people not having phone conversations, it's just that people talk way too loud on their phones. Also um... for those of us on elevated lines there is nothing new about this at all.
The bigger problem IMHO, and where headphones actually come into play, is people playing games or watching videos on their phones.
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Monday, 9 January 2017 19:16 (seven years ago) link
i have on at least one occasion witnessed someone watching porn on a phone in the subway without headphones
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 02:12 (seven years ago) link
I would vote for a Subway Is Too Damn Loud Party mayoral candidate
― VC, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 04:58 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/eob0pFl.gif
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 20:28 (seven years ago) link
if by 2017 ppl are still doing this, is that gif gonna make them stop?
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 12 January 2017 01:28 (seven years ago) link
gifs are how millennials communicate iirc
― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 January 2017 01:39 (seven years ago) link
Tonight on the Williamsburg Bridge, a guy waited until like 45 seconds before arrival at Marcy to turn on the boom box and declare "This is showtime, ladies and gentlemen" - a couple of bars went by without him doing any stunts and then he sort of declared to himself "waited too long" or something like that, and shut it off. Did he just space out for a while? Was he hunting for the perfect spot on the car?
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 12 January 2017 01:47 (seven years ago) link
http://www.mod16.org/imagemacros/emot-iiam.gif
― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 January 2017 01:50 (seven years ago) link
don't look a gift showtime cancellation in the mouth
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 January 2017 01:53 (seven years ago) link
No I was definitely stoked about that
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 12 January 2017 01:56 (seven years ago) link
our fury is justified
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/12/nyregion/subway-complaints-straphangers-fuming.html
https://www.6sqft.com/as-subway-delays-double-cuomo-may-cut-mta-funding-by-65-million/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 February 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
scruffy presumably homeless young dude lying prone on the subway seat yesterday kept dispassionately yelling FUCK YOU every eight to ten seconds for an hour punctuated by occasional moments of hysterical laughter and "next stop: GUANTANAMO"at one point someone must've challenged him because I overheard "FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. Not you. Them. FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU."which inevitably brought to mindhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcuYZCv3cKM
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Monday, 13 February 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link
https://medium.com/sidewalk-talk/new-map-demo-how-the-l-train-shutdown-will-impact-your-commute-6a1dc74f65f5#.bppanf144
e.g. east williamsburg to 1st ave by public transport goes from 18 mins to 71 mins
https://transit.sidewalklabs.com/#{"origin":{"lat":40.70641128564592,"lng":-73.9284670949707},"options":{"bus_multiplier":1},"center":{"lat":40.71211783143387,"lng":-73.95443208447267},"zoomLevel":12,"mode":"compare-settings","options2":{"bus_multiplier":1,"exclude_stops":["L06","L05","L03","L02","L01"]},"dest":{"lat":40.73190929073145,"lng":-73.98262023925781}}
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 23 February 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
that link again goo.gl/QH38DU
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 23 February 2017 21:44 (seven years ago) link
link
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 23 February 2017 21:45 (seven years ago) link
jfc this is the link and if it isn't i give up
i heard this is amber coffman's fault
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 February 2017 21:46 (seven years ago) link
Gas leak in JH shut down 7 train
― Nesta Leaps In (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 March 2017 18:52 (seven years ago) link
near brawl on the F tonight!
let it go, 62yo italian-american dude
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 March 2017 00:46 (seven years ago) link
the mosaics t the 72nd and 86th St Q stops are some of best and most wonderfully executed examples of public art I've ever seen
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 10 March 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link
What's goin on up there? I've never had a reason to take the Q that far since the new stations opened.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 March 2017 21:55 (seven years ago) link
http://gothamist.com/2017/04/17/illicit_brucker_gct_tour.php
knives out at the mta, what's going on?
― 龜, Monday, 17 April 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
welp, looks like i chose the right personal day
http://gothamist.com/2017/04/21/mta_subway_power_out.php
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 April 2017 15:19 (seven years ago) link
you are correct
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 April 2017 15:20 (seven years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/nyregion/new-york-subway-signals.html
― 龜, Monday, 1 May 2017 18:19 (seven years ago) link
Three major power failures in 18 days, two at rush hour.
80 minutes between 2 stations is my new personal record (Prospect Park/7 Ave on the Q).
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 14:58 (seven years ago) link
http://gothamist.com/2017/05/09/mta_power_outage_at_dekalb_avenue_p.php
B, D, N, Q, R and W service has resumed as of 9:40 a.m., according to the MTA
hahahahahahaha
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
Con Edison spokesman Sidney Alvarez said there was a "voltage dip." The utility company got no report of a power outage, he said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/b-train-system-flub-throws-rush-hour-subway-commute-chaos-article-1.3149762
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
G down for some reason at nights now
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 17:48 (seven years ago) link
bookmark
http://www.straphangers.org/complaints.html
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link
lmao the MTA runs fewer trains than scheduled and slows/stops them without reason and thinks this pleases riders https://t.co/5SzSPZlJKG pic.twitter.com/bDiQ1DiIAH— slackbot (@pareene) May 23, 2017
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
glad i missed this one
http://pix11.com/2017/06/05/passengers-stuck-on-f-train-with-no-lights-or-air-conditioning/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 11:11 (seven years ago) link
I was on a D at exactly the same period going the exact same route
― 龜, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 15:00 (seven years ago) link
further apocalyptic imagery
http://gothamist.com/2017/06/06/harrowing_a_f_train_video_nightmare.php
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 16:17 (seven years ago) link
surprised people weren't kicking out windows tbhthis is gonna happen with the wrong combination of people in a car one day and somebody's gonna get killed
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
we're definitely moving toward a casualty event
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
In case u missedhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/nyregion/how-did-the-subway-get-so-bad-look-to-the-c-train.html
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 21:48 (seven years ago) link
a city budgeting vet delivers some castor oil (first of a series)
This isn’t just the subways, you’ll see it in all American infrastructure over the next decade. There was a major build in the 30s, and then again in the 60s. (New York and the whole northeast are especially susceptible to this schedule) Things like bridges are sold under 30 years bonds (sometimes 40) which reflects their useful life. This can be pushed to 50 or 60 years, but at some point, as with any maintenance (like your car), you’re paying more to fix it than just throw it out and get a new one. So since our infrastructure was last really built in the 60's, that “some point” is basically now, where we can slap on all the duct tape we want, but it’s rebuild time.
Of course, there is no rebuild coming. You can call up your local government contact and ask them for the rebuild rates on roads and bridges and watermains and sewers, you’ll soon discover that many are on 200 and 300 years cycles. This isn’t re-paving roads, this is “tear it up and build a new one.” You’ll have to trust me that bridges are only good for 50 years, but common sense should tell you that a road probably needs to be rebuilt more often than every 200 years. We can blame the GOP and tea partiers all we want, but there’s not a single Democratic politician proposing anywhere near the infrastructure funding we need, even if there were, there’s not a single voter out there who would vote for the kinds of tax hikes we’d need to address it, we’re just not close....
http://fusion.kinja.com/how-the-mta-got-so-broke-1795903465
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 June 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
MTA is asking employers to tell their workers stay home or work odd hours. pic.twitter.com/J4T3pueqJW— Danielle Furfaro (@DanielleFurfaro) June 12, 2017
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 June 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
past few months have been markedly worse. system is beginning to grind down where even jaded residents are feeling it.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 12 June 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
i'm starting to add a half hour for most trips just in case