Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

The R doesn't go through Jay Street/Borough Hall does it? Or maybe there's a transfer, through a tunnel or above ground with metrocard

Seems like the G to E transfer would be about the same if the transfer time were zero. Or under 5 minutes.

you could probably calculate the ~ideal trip~ by looking at time tables online

madness

I was a skeptic but now I'm a believer

Itinerary 3 [-]Collapse
Approx Travel Time : 48 minutes Map
From JACKSON HTS - ROOSEVELT AV STA E/F/M/R
Take the STILLWELL AV-CONEY ISLAND bound Train departing at 7:08 AM
Arrive at CARROLL ST STATION F/G at 7:46 AM
Pay Per Ride Fare : $2.25 - Reduced Fare : $1.10

Transfer to the COURT SQUARE bound Train departing at 7:52 AM
Get off at HOYT - SCHERMERHORN STATION A/C/G at 7:56 AM

Total Fare : $2.25 - Reduced Fare : $1.10

the g takes forever to get through the north brooklyn stops. foreverrr.

yes. even when it's *not* shuttling

yeah looking at timetables the g + e without the transfer or the wait is already prob a tad over 30, whereas the f is under 40. def the f.

http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/05/03/cuomo-robert-moses-would-be-proud-of-my-transit-free-tappan-zee-bridge/

just in time for a new caro book

Omg. I need the train to come now.

Na you can wait another 45m

I hope rayuela made it

it was tough but i prevailed

Sometimes on a Saturday or Sunday riding the subway is like a game of rayuela

Been on the 7 train for the past half hour--have proceeded 2 stops.

"Signal Problems"

Sorry

Man that sucks.

I saw something in Metro or AM today about how they're going to permanently extend the G to those southern stops, which is good news. Really they should consider building another brooklyn-queens line now that brooklyn is such a *destination*

an express line that runs into Manhattan on or near the current M line (the part that goes to Middle Village) would be really nice too

Really they should consider building another brooklyn-queens line

hahaha stop it

u mad cause I see possibilities where you see only hopelessness

fwiw they actually did manage to improve the L train a lot lately in spite of bumps. I'm no longer crushed every morning.

I found out about the 7 problems @ times square and took the q32 instead. actually ran into my roommate on the street and saved him a lot of headache.

I'm free! My usual half-hour trip took almost an hour and a half, but the real tragedy is that i missed my yoga class.

They should bring the G back to Forest Hills...though I have to admit the 7 to the g has been working for me lately.

in terms of need there are tons of places that need subways to manhattan more than we need another brooklyn-queens line, but the tribororx might happen some day just cause it could be cheap:

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/04/5772951/surprising-return-three-borough-x-line-subway

xp

yeah the g to forest hills doesn't really help us anyway. they are actually bringing back some services that were cut w/ the last massacre but that probably won't be one of them.

I'm free! My usual half-hour trip took almost an hour and a half, but the real tragedy is that i missed my yoga class.

--Virginia Plain

God today was terrible. I knew the 7 was having problems when i saw the huge crush of people on the platform at times sq so schlepped over to the e, which was filled with all the overflow 7 train commuters. The train kept stopping every 5 seconds. Then when we finally got to Roosevelt, the bus lines were massive (again, abandoned 7 trainers) so I walked home and melted as I walked--wrong day to swing by trader joes and to have my laptop on me...

Oh how long is the q32 ride from ts to wherever u took it to? Never thought abt that. Where in times sq does the q32 stop??

it doesn't stop at times sq, it starts next to penn station on 32nd then goes east then down madison. the amount of time it takes depends on whether it's rush hour or not, but maybe 30 mins to get to where I live in sunnyside?

in terms of need there are tons of places that need subways to manhattan more than we need another brooklyn-queens line

hard to admit, but sadly true

Just passed through VERNON-JACKSON•AVE'S and HUNTERS•PT•AVE aka H•P• without a hitch

actually it's kind of amazing how much of queens is nowhere near a subway -- are there historical reasons for that, like did residents oppose it?

well there's not really just one answer, that's the answer w/r/t certain late 20th century proposals in queens, but the big reason is that the ind 2nd system was shelved due to the depression. after that there weren't really any megaprojects anywhere, including manhattan.

http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/indsecond.html

iatee do you have political aspirations

(taking no piss whatsoever)

iatee, can you recommend a good book abt the history of the subway system

today's posts = I will move to the Pacific NW ahead of Queens.

haha there is seriously no one on ilx who would be a worse politician, I like activism tho

ian, there's a medium-length work online that's quite thorough w/ the history but not long enough to just be boring technical stuff, I'm trying to find it

haha there is seriously no one on ilx who would be a worse politician

as long as Morbz is around, i think that that is just not true.

Jackson Heights is calling you, Morbs. You're grumpy, you're a Mets fan and you're ... ah never mind

just for that I'm gonna run against Schumer, Philthy

Thanks! (many xps ago)

i'd actually vote for you in that election if i lived in NY, believe it or not.

that's the tough thing about being a pol or a pop star, you have to appeal to ... never mind

you'd blow it by mandating that TMC run non-stop Jerry Lewis movie marathons, and that's just for starters.

def want child-free cars on the trains

ian:
http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/haer-nyrapid.html
http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/haer-impact-irt.html
http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/fifty_years_of_rapid_transit.html
http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/History_of_the_Independent_Subway
http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Recent_New_York_Transit_History

(that's actually a buncha stuff and not one piece, but in any case that site has everything you'd want)

Doesn't the G still have by far the lowest ridership?

Also why are there stops every 4 blocks on the 1 train and yet they can't build a single fucking station btwn Houston and 14th on the East side??

14 blocks is an okay distance between stations. furthest someone would have to walk is like 1/3 a mile, and even then that's going to be rare - like 1/14 people. in return every single person who takes that train anywhere gets a faster trip. there is one abandoned station for the 1 train and one for the 6, in both cases cause they determined people could just walk from the next station. if the 1 were being built today it wouldn't look like it does but if they were built today they wouldn't be built instead of being built.

the g is always going to have the lowest ridership. people take the train to work and work is manhattan.

err to clarify 'takes that train' was a reference to the future-future 2nd avenue segment that will be built from houston to 14th on the east side. there won't be any other train / station in that area in our lifetimes, nor in alphabet city. maybe some crazy light-rail project if we pray.

also another thing worth remembering is that the 2nd and 3rd ave els provided service to that part of town back when the subways were being built. so when you're thinkin 'why is there nothing here', there was, it just went away.

also I realized there are other abandoned stations for the 6 train but in my head I was thinking only grid-manhattan

err I'm going to bed