Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

My commute is on the elevated 7--does that mean I'll have to go back to work some day? Our closures are usually tied to those of the NYC schools.

the 7 can (and as we know too well) run just from qbp to flushing, so regardless of what happened to the steinway tunnel, I can almost guarantee you that you will be able to take the 7 in queens tomorrow. people commuting to manhattan, who knows...

Oh no! Bloomberg just said bus service restored by tomorrow.

Oh yes! Schools closed tomorrow.

if buses are running lots of people can 'get to work' but it might be a total clusterfuck capacity-wise

I wonder if trains like the M (the nearest elevated train to me) will get to running just across the river and back? I suppose even doing that would require it to descend into Delancey-Essex stn, so probably no...

Bloombutt also said trains out 4-5 days.

no fares for buses today or tomorrow
jfk gonna open tomorrow, lga has extensive damage
subway system will go up piece by piece. presumably lotsa overgrounds will be running but the tunnels seem bad.

I'm off Wednesday, but they're going to try and make us go back to work Thursday, by bus if necessary. Not a problem for me, as I live relatively near, but thats not the case for many of my colleagues. Some of the libraries in the Rockaways are likely damaged and will be closed.

Apparently there are express buses from FH to midtown, and my office is open tomorrow, but I'm a little concerned about the kind of crowds we're going to get -- I mean a bus is like what, one or two subway cars worth of people, and all the . Alternatively, I have a car but I don't know if the office will reimburse me for parking. I was thinking maybe I'd try to find free or cheap parking in LIC and then walk over the bridge, but that might be crazy.

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yeah if my office is open tomorrow I'm going to try to take the q32, which runs along the 7 and then to penn station in manhattan - very close to my job. but even if it's running at full capacity I'm worried about how many people might attempt this.

I also might just walk, which I do sometimes anyway.

I think walking for me would take like 2 hours. Sort of wish I had a bike and was more of a biker - could be fun to ride to work.

eh I am obv pro-biking in theory but I would not personally enjoy biking from forest hills to manhattan, off the top of my head I cannot think of a particularly pleasant way to do that. the safest route would also be v indirect and biking down queens blvd is for crazies.

that's true. I guess I was thinking maybe there's some side route, but perhaps there just isn't.

no, the best way to do it would prob be 108th to jackson heights, then 34th avenue all the way to sunnyside. it's an easy/nice ride after that, but that's a very big right angle.

another thing you could consider is just getting a black cab to manhattan or the bridge and not having to worry bout parking

tho I suppose they will also be scarce

True. I have relatives near work and I can park in their building at a deep discount, which may work out to the same as a black cab (which could also be hard to get tomorrow).

what's the deal with the express buses normally - are they available on unlimited cards or do you have to pay the fare?

nope can't use unlimiteds on them

don't bike, the aptmt I am staying at now, the immediate previous tenant was a biker who was killed

ah. Man, weird, so people pay $5.50 to take a bus that goes straight from here to midtown when there's an E train that gets there in three stops and probably less time for half price.

yeah I don't get it either when it comes to those kinda trips, also you can take the lirr

people who fear being underground maybe? or perhaps there was a time when buses were legitimately safer than subways

yeah but who's gonna mug you on the lirr!

Bus easier to get onto if your old or disabled?

that's true but the $5.50 buses are mostly for professionals and old/disabled people take the regular bus

it is, as they say, a mystery

queens blvd looked like the 405 and the closest bus stop had a 60 person line. walked.

http://twitpic.com/b9229c

The New York City subway system will begin running limited service tomorrow, and limited Metro-North and LIRR service will start today at 2 p.m., Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced. There will be no subway service south of 34th St. in Manhattan as there is no power south of 34th St., and the MTA will supplement subway service with a bus bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan as crews continue to pump out the East River subway tubes. Full service is expected to be restored slowly.

According to earlier reports, the MTA may still have to conduct riderless testing of the subway system tonight to judge the safety and status of the infrastructure. If everything passes, the plan Cuomo announced will be put into place. As of now, the MTA has not yet anounced which part of what lines will run, and the authority hasn’t determined what to do with the time that has ticked off of unlimited ride MetroCards. But it seems that some subway service will come back on Thursday.

Details to follow.

and the authority hasn’t determined what to do with the time that has ticked off of unlimited ride MetroCards

obv give everybody an extra week

The Qm4 had a deceptively short line this morning. But then we waited 45 mins for the first one to come, which took about half the line and then left. Second one came an hour later, completely full. Then I waited god knows how much longer and finally gave up. Meanwhile, empty downtown-bound express buses kept passing. Guessing no one is going to water st right now. Perhaps the MTA could redirect some resources with that in mind.

if they were empty it was probably for a different reason, like they were going from place a to place b. there's no bus from queens to manhattan that's gonna be empty - no matter where it's going.

even if you had gotten on that bus hurting, it would have realistically been 2+ hours to get to manhattan. traffic was insane.

where did you get the subway service update? not seeing it on the mta site yet.

secondavenuesagas, following the press conference that's happening right now

Second Ave. Sagas ‏@SecondAveSagas

Gov. Cuomo says 14 of 23 subway lines will have service, but no clear indication yet of what those will be.

E train seems like a likely candidate unless something about the lower manhattan portion of the line makes it impossible to run the whole thing.

yes, I would say that's among the most likely

hooray! work!

That would be my likeliest way to work if work (26th st) even has power tomorrow...

xp

I'm guessing there will be a fair bit of A train in Brooklyn combined with a stroll over the Brooklyn Bridge in my future.
Suppose we'll also get the J/M/Z in Brooklyn relatively soon too.

JMZ have to pass through powerless zone once they cross river, tho?

prob won't cross river

Pat Kiernan ‏@patkiernan

from MTA: Dry East River tunnels: 4/5 - 2/3 - F. Still no http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9wfslPmRp1rqc2vjo1_500.jpg whether these routes are among those back tomorrow.
Details

Pat Kiernan ‏@patkiernan

from MTA: these East River tunnels are still wet: R - A/C - L - 7. Some of these trains could be shifted to other tunnels.

Pat Kiernan ‏@patkiernan

@omniality Lhota wasn't given a chance to talk until now. MTA will deliver details at a technical briefing later today.

haha I hope I keep that autoreplace forever

haha what even is that

idea? clue??