Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

last week i saw a cyclist, asleep, with his bike across five seats (in the corner of the car.)

I was so, so, so tempted to kick over his cycle as I exited but I held myself back.

man I would be terrified of bringing a baby into the subway - would at least give them earplugs

yeah bikes @ rush hour are 'not recommended' but I would be cool w/ a ban

strollers should just be illegal everywhere otoh

Idk as a philly cyclist is it kind of frustrating to not be able to bring my bike on city trains btwn 3-6pm or suburban light rail systems btwn 4-6 regardless of how not-crowded the cars are.

I mean I almost never need to but sometimes I am visiting family or trying to get home in a p dangerous storm

well it might be frustrating but it's also frustrating to the 5 people who can't get onto a train because a bike is there

wrt NYC at least

not-crowded commuter rail is another story

i'm okay with it as long as the cyclist holds the bike over his (it's always a dude) head to save space

how common are the buses with bike racks on the front? i know they have them in dc and seattle

pretty common, but it wouldnt make sense in ny, they really slow things down

tru

keep in mind that philly's subway is much much smaller (2 lines) so it's more understandable to want to bring a bike w/ you on the train

otoh you can get a folding bike like this ^_^ wouldn't be any more objectionable than traveling on the subway with luggage

http://i.imgur.com/TyNel.jpg

ya I was gonna say people should all just get folding bikes or (soon) use bikeshare anyway

I want everything I own to fold into something smaller

Generally, ppl who bring a bike onto the A train at 9am are not worried about anyone else. This bespectacled young dbag didn't give a shit.

pretty common, but it wouldnt make sense in ny, they really slow things down

― iatee, Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:40 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

maybe we should stop letting wheelchair-ridden folks on the buses too

that is not really the same thing at all, is it

it's the same thing in that wheelchairs throw off bus schedules, it's not the same thing in that people don't choose to be in wheelchairs

i'm just being a jerk. sorry.

tonight it was a car that made a turn through the stop sign w/o stopping, so i am an equal-opportunity hater of assholes.

I, also, have opinions on cars

but basically you have to think of the system as a whole, in lots of other places w/ shitty transit options, having bike racks on buses is prob worth the cost to system-wide efficiency cause it makes it easier to live w/o a car and public transit doesn't have the same kinda scope. in a place w/ a very extensive public transit system that millions of people rely on, w/ crowded trains and buses and tight schedules, anything that takes up space or slows things down has an effect on a lot of people

I, also, have opinions on cars

boom

7 train delays again today. i swear the 7 train has had problems during evening rush hour quite a lot recently. hopefully it will resolve itself by 5...

whoops, unrealistic. for some reason i thought it was still 4:30.

7 train service "suspended"--might be a good day to call in sick if you're not already out and about. As for myself, I'm on a bus floating eastward on Roosevelt.

I made it to qbp just as they were shutting things down. but I think this will not be the news of the day.

was 20 min late to a job interview cuz of the J train : (

wow, I finally took the E to queens late nite the other night -- it's like bizarro E train! There are like 20 stops between my work and home instead of three!

yeah it doesn't make sense to have as much express service late at night, you gotta take the f instead

I think interviewers here are probably more forgiving of the lateness-due-to-train story d

do u have some sort of alert on this thread y/n

it's the only good thread on ilx

eh, it's no ORNALDO BLOOMPS FOR PRESIDETN

and i will take that as a y

well I have a bookmark and I mostly just pay attention to threads I've bookmarked

ne way a lot of nyc transit news this week, crazy courts threw out a. the payroll tax b. the outer borough taxi plan

irene claim too

I think interviewers here are probably more forgiving of the lateness-due-to-train story d

― iatee, Tuesday, August 28, 2012 8:55 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark

hopefully! I dropped in some info about the mythical 2 ave line, and also mentioned the factoid you told me about how the LED readouts cost $1 mil per station

you shoulda just told them you know me

do u wanna chill dis weekend j is prob gonna be here

goin back to philly for labor day wknd

boo

I was trying to plan a trip and thinking maybe a philly daytrip but she said she wants to stay in the city. would you possibly be free to hang out in philly if we were there for a day tho? that might convince her.

yeah def! lmk

see fb msg, I am going to preserve the sanctity of this thread and not talk about philly

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/nyregion/in-reversal-new-york-city-traffic-fatalities-rise.html

congrats everyone for the broadway-lafayette/bleecker street connection

I actually used that already

if only the 4/5 stopped there too

I used the Barclays Center subway entrance today. Fancy.

i want them to extend the 6 to fulton st

Yeah, no shit! Who cares about Brooklyn Bridge, no one goes there!!