and i will take that as a y
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 01:00 (eleven years ago) link
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
― iatee, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
irene claim too
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
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
― jack chick-fil-A (dayo), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 01:23 (eleven years ago) link
you shoulda just told them you know me
― iatee, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
do u wanna chill dis weekend j is prob gonna be here
goin back to philly for labor day wknd
― jack chick-fil-A (dayo), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 01:46 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― iatee, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
yeah def! lmk
― jack chick-fil-A (dayo), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
see fb msg, I am going to preserve the sanctity of this thread and not talk about philly
― iatee, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/nyregion/in-reversal-new-york-city-traffic-fatalities-rise.html
― iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
congrats everyone for the broadway-lafayette/bleecker street connection
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
I actually used that already
― iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
if only the 4/5 stopped there too
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
I used the Barclays Center subway entrance today. Fancy.
― dmr, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
i want them to extend the 6 to fulton st
― max, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, no shit! Who cares about Brooklyn Bridge, no one goes there!!
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
well keep in mind that was the first station of the entire system and there is a nice little loop for the 6 train right now and extending it would cost like 5 billion dollars
― iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
i KNOW im just saying
― max, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
have you guys ever done the secret city hall loop
you can guess my answer
they aren't even supposed to ask you to get off if you just say 'no I just wanna go uptown'
― iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
ive never been asked to get off! i dont know that they even bother doing a sweep anymore
― max, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
Bloomberg goes to Brooklyn Bridge
― kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:54 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I assume this is ironical (city hall, courthouses, etc.)
I fell asleep on the 6 once and didn't know about the loop -- I got all panicked when I woke up in the tunnel and hit the call box, but they were just like "it's cool, stay on the train until we come around"
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
I hadn't mentioned this yet, but last Friday I was on the front of the first car on a train that struck and killed a person in Brooklyn. It was very freaky and bizarre. And no, I didn't see a thing (but felt and heard it), and made certain not to turn my head when exiting. The train operator was SHAKEN and in a bit of a panic.On the mezzanine, I heard another train coming in the other direction and ran down with my friend and hopped on, so that we were strangely at our intended destination as planned that evening, and so the fatality seems sort of dreamlike. Like, I woke up the next day after dreaming about it all night, and it took a little convincing myself that it actually happened.Not to be a downer.The 6 train loop rules.
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
wow that's crazy. was it an accident or a suicide?
― iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
Both ends of my E-train commute now have extremely narrow walkways on the platform (due in part to elevator rehab, I think), and I'm always afraid I'm either going to trip, get pushed or accidentally push someone else onto the platform, but I keep doing the walk to be that much closer to my exit when I get off.
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
Seems like it was an accident. The only news story I found about it was this:http://www.news12.com/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=334484&position=1&news_type=news#fb_jump
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
I think there was another incident at Broadway Junction later that same night.
I'm way more careful around narrow platforms than I used to be. The N/Q/R at Union Square could be dicey when that was my regular train.
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
used to wait for a train here, with trains going opposite directions on either side:http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/walln2/walln22.jpg
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
It wasn't all THAT ironical, not v many people get off at Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall compared to how many get off at Fulton, or Union Square. An inexact comparison because of transfers, I know, but it's crazy annoying that you can't transfer to the express where the local dead-ends.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
Uff, sorry to hear about Friday, chinavision.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
anyway how hard is it to switch to an express at an earlier stop? you just have to be on top of things. the lex line is super frequent, even off peak.
― iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
6 TRAIN LOOP IS THE BEST!!!
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
its kinda crazy that max wants to destroy all our 6 train loop adventures and memories just so he can transfer at fulton
― iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
Right but going downtown, the nearest stop to Brooklyn Bridge is 14th St, that means sitting through a bunch of local stops if you don't want to get off at BB.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry, that may not have made any sense: I have to get on the A at Fulton, but if I'm on the east side below 14th st that means the 6 to BB then the 4/5 only one stop to Fulton, then my "real" transfer. It vexeth me.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
it sucks for sure but it's still no higher than #4356 on the list of things that will be fixed when I am put in charge of the MTA
― iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
― mookieproof, Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:09 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
this is going to be amazing for me, v psyched
― barthes simpson, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/09272012Drivers-First
― iatee, Friday, 28 September 2012 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
Two guys on 7 train talking about Sid Vicious' and his demise. They heard some other guy actually played his parts on the record but don't seem to know his name
― Cosmic Fopp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 October 2012 03:13 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mta_to_nyc_pick_your_poi_on_30JIfu56UXzt6TN0sU0hgP
lmao
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
more annoyed about metro north fares really
― iatee, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
anyway this is basically going to pensions and has been looming for a long time. it's not gonna be $125.
― iatee, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 13:34 (eleven years ago) link
I would prefer eliminating the bonus, which was always stupid, confusing and inefficient (countless metrocards with an orphaned $0.50 on them). Beyond that, I would of course prefer the lowest unlimited hike, which would mean raising the regular fare to $2.50. I guess it's arguable which is more regressive -- people with regular work schedules probably mostly buy unlimited, but this includes everyone from janitors to financial analysts. Poor, non-working people and people with irregular schedules are more likely to pay for regular fare. But my guess is that the bulk of the regular price fare cards go to tourists, and I'm fine hiking the rate on them.
― michael bolton's reckless daughter (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
25 cents isn't THAT much, really. Also yeah, the discount has gotten ridiculous--didn't it used to be 10 or 15%?
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
And can't you not refill a MetroCard for less than, like, $5 or 10?
I don't know the %s off the top of my head but whatever it is it's def not 50%+ tourists buying reg price cards.
― iatee, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
7% is hilarious and is designed to make it so that you are never able to have just $2.25 left on a card
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link