seems like people mostly want the cheaper unlimited option anyway, right? and $2.50 is still really cheap for a single ride. I say this coming from BART and commuting through multiple zones and paying upwards of $4 each way.
xpost
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
and if you wanna talk about a lack of late night options...
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I agree there's a small added benefit to the unlimited card -- just the assurance that comes from always having the card in my wallet, never having to worry about refilling, always feeling like if I wanted to I could do a bunch of trips in one day (although I probably don't do a multi-trip day more than a couple times a year).
― michael bolton's reckless daughter (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
the NYPost poll definitely shows more people favoring the cheapest unlimited
― michael bolton's reckless daughter (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think the 24-hour service is ever gonna be seriously put at risk. too many people work weird hours + the real benefits from shutting it down at night only come if you shut it down long enough to make repairs rather than just 3-4 am. basically enough people depend on it being the way it is that it's effectively impossible, even if it's not particularly 'efficient'.
― iatee, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
shut it down from 12-4
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
pm.for siesta
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
exactly
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
taht's an awful time to travel already
― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/nyregion/taxi-hailing-app-uber-pulls-out-of-new-york-after-6-weeks.html?_r=0
― iatee, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:45 (eleven years ago) link
that app isn't really well suited for the nyc taxi, uhh, ecology I guess. that's what livery cabs are for.
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
or nyc taxi ecology isn't really well suited for 2012
― iatee, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
fuck uber
― max, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
not for really any other reason than i hate tech people
I hate tech people but not as much as I hate the nyc taxi industry
― iatee, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
uber seems inherently dislikeable
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
I don't have any particular affinity for uber itself but there is really no good reason why we shouldn't be able to easily hail cars w/ a smartphone esp in the outer boroughs and its pretty obv that the medallion holding companies will be fighting this one to the death.
― iatee, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
fuckin' shitfuckers
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/transit-shutdown-possible-as-sandy-bears-down-on-city/
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 27 October 2012 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
I BETTER NOT HAFTA CAB BACK FROM SEEING NIXON HOME MOVIES AT MOMA, I'M SAYIN'
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 27 October 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
oh no u fuckin don't
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/m-t-a-chief-announces-storm-plan-for-subways-buses-and-commuter-trains/?hp
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 October 2012 00:47 (eleven years ago) link
ergh j was planning on taking the 7:07 metro north to new haven
― iatee, Sunday, 28 October 2012 00:52 (eleven years ago) link
not official yet
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 October 2012 01:09 (eleven years ago) link
FUCK YOU, ANDY
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered New York City's transit service to suspend bus, subway, and commuter rail service in advance of the massive storm expected to hit the eastern third of the United States.
Cuomo says the system will be suspended starting at 7 p.m. Sunday.
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 October 2012 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
3 day weekend I guess. Is this storm really gonna be that bad?
― iatee, Sunday, 28 October 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
considering i am not buying any provisions, yes, this one will be very bad. this time last year, hurricane irene turned me into a survivalist sucker...
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 28 October 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
how long do these outages last, normally?
― 乒乓, Sunday, 28 October 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
xp dude there's going to be a massive storm, what do you expect?
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 28 October 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
FUCK YOU, SANDY
fixed
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 28 October 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
So I get off work on Monday? How much time do they need to restore service? This is starting to appear serious. I'm going to buy some coffee beans.
Things I won't be able to do thanks to the subway shutdown: buy white knee socks for Halloween at the sock man and attend an old-timey spooky live radio performance in long island city. If I get off work tomorrow, that's a fair trade off.
― Virginia Plain, Sunday, 28 October 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
― 乒乓, Sunday, October 28, 2012 11:02 AM (43 minutes ago)
could be a week or longer depending on where you are
― all mods con (k3vin k.), Sunday, 28 October 2012 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
I work in the Starrett-Lehigh building in westernmost Chelsea. They just called off work tomorrow. Yay.
I have tickets to see Blue Oyster Cult tonight in times square though. NOOOOOOOO
― this update fixes the following known sugs (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 28 October 2012 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
Specifically, New York City's infrastructure may take an unprecedented hit. The subway narrowly escaped flooding during Irene, and Sandy (for all the reasons above) is expected to be worse. So...
"According to the latest storm surge forecast for NYC from NHC, Sandy's storm surge is expected to be several feet higher than Irene's. If the peak surge arrives near Monday evening's high tide at 9 pm EDT, a portion of New York City's subway system could flood, resulting in billions of dollars in damage," Masters concluded. "I give a 50% chance that Sandy's storm surge will end up flooding a portion of the New York City subway system."
― iatee, Sunday, 28 October 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/why-sandy-has-meteorologists-scared-in-4-images/264198/
There were no "advance shutdowns" in the first 100+ years of the NYC subway.
#fearoflitigation #pussies
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
I have no idea how bad it's gonna be, but if they had shut it down at midnight, MomA would not have had to cancel Nixon Super-8 Movies.
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
the shutdown begins at 7 but trains are actually running til 3.
it has less to do w/ litigation and more to do w/ the fact that cautionary measures might be the difference between the system down for a day and certain lines being down for weeks. also it takes a long time to shut it down, hours.
― iatee, Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
I am healthily skeptical of the probabilities.
Anyhoo, I was to start another cycle of chemo at 2pm tomw, so will depend if the center and the car services are running.
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
where'd u hear the 3am thing?
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
secondavenuesagas twitter feed
I feel more skeptical this time than last time for sure. but I think it's easy to discount the fact that irene actually ended up being a super powerful hurricane that knocked out power for half of ct and it was very close to doing serious damage to nyc. it just did it to places we don't care about instead.
― iatee, Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
they're calling for less rain but more storm surge than irene iirc, and the surge is what has the mta worried
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
irene also did serious damage in parts of NJ.
― spicy bacon, bitch! (Eisbaer), Sunday, 28 October 2012 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
Any storm does serious damage to NJ.
so this surge is related to the full moon-tidal factor as well as wind, eh.
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 October 2012 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
Will the Subway Be Closed on Tuesday?
It’s looking pretty likely. Joseph J. Lhota, the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said Sunday morning that the authority hoped to restore service by Wednesday. “I do think Monday and Tuesday are going to be difficult days,” he said.
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 October 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
when the MTA shuts down, how do MTA employees go home?
― 乒乓, Monday, 29 October 2012 01:46 (eleven years ago) link
Iirc they drive back to their homes in the far reaches of Queens and Sheepshead Bay.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Monday, 29 October 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
like a lot of the nyc blue collar class a lot of them have cars parked at the end of a line, some of them don't and might be in a weird situation, some of them prob scheduled their way out.
― iatee, Monday, 29 October 2012 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
xp yup basically
that reminds me of my question about who picks up the poop from seeing eye dogs
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Monday, 29 October 2012 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
they are trained to eat their own poop
― iatee, Monday, 29 October 2012 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
the mta employees?
― *buffs lens* (schlump), Monday, 29 October 2012 02:16 (eleven years ago) link