Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

what a terrible idea

mid-1960s subway twinbill at Film Forum today:

http://www.filmforum.org/movies/more/dutchman_and_the_incident

http://news.yahoo.com/one-man-dies-one-hurt-minutes-apart-york-023803832.html

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/q-polllhota/

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/drunk-new-jersey-man-leg-severed-subway-train-nap-tracks-article-1.1243520

"But he wasn’t completely safe. A train came roaring into the station and cut off his leg."

what the fuck??

But the master race had long since disappeared from the earth, leaving the ignorant and malicious deros in control of the great cities and wonderful machines it had built.

this is actually a pretty good description of ny state politics

― iatee, Wednesday, January 9, 2013 3:07 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

forget NY State ... this is actually a pretty good description of american politics in general these days.

http://www.imagekind.com/New-York-subway-map_art?IMID=5b79b632-2b7d-4718-bca7-45b38525a376

possibly unsafe for work, but not really

things could always be worse: http://gawker.com/5980981/im-certain-more-than-one-person-had-pissed-themselves-every-straphangers-worst-nightmare

N/Q/R still screwed by broken water main.

ugh

Rainy Day Crowded-As-A-Clown-Car Commute, C or D?

(sounds like a Dylan song)

definitely would take the D train over the C train on a day like this

Think this is worst weather of the year.

why? it's just rain.

cold rain & wind is a pretty shitty combo

yeah the c train was pretty d

dayo IRL:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1b4waiNfU1qbff75o1_500.jpg

Will take much colder weather and/or snow over this in a heartbeat. Absolutely nothing worse than almost-freezing rain + crazy winds.

I want the D

the combination of humidity + cold is awful, of course. the dampness seeps into your bones. says there's gonna be a high of 59 today but of course it's going to feel like much less.

damn, it's gonna feel like low-to-mid 50s? hope u survive

harsh

guys, it's hella nasty out here, don't front

guys, sac up

http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/26/124226-004-7DC61787.jpg

http://gothamist.com/2013/03/05/more_pedestrians_killed_in_january.php

didn't realize the rate hike had taken effect, boooooo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Y4U3h1ZzE

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/video-captures-mugging-in-subway-station/

gj mugging a lady in your distinctive frat jacket with a number and nickname on it

moron in question was arrested the next day after jr. crimestoppers all over the web found his facebook page
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/179795/arrest-made-in-brooklyn-subway-mugging

stugots

putting touchscreen maps in stations?

http://www.ecnmag.com/blogs/2013/03/nycs-terrible-subway-map-idea?cmpid=outbrain

That is the *worst* idea

Can't wait to not be able to see the map bcz some rural tourist is too busy playing with it

Can't wait to stare at a cracked piece of glass

touchscreens aren't as expensive as they used to be / can be monetized w/ ads / these aren't gonna be placed in the boonies

the one in grand central is nice

yeah you'd probably find this in times / union / herald square etc., not like the rockaways

new subway map ftw:

http://pcinfogb.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/error_fatal_windows.jpg?w=300

smith/9th st on the f/g reopens tomorrow after two years

lengthens my commute by about 30 seconds

i wonder how often they need to print out and update subway maps, and how much work it takes

less than once a year, a decent amount of work but I don't think this was ever modified on the map

absolutely not, anything closed < 4 years is considered open.

E train. Ugh.

what's up with the E train? Mine was fine this morning.

What time were you on it? I got on it later than I'd like to around 8 and it was really slow, let the M train go first at Queens Plaza -I hate it when that happens!- and it finally crawled to W4 where it just stopped and they told us to take the A which of course was packed. Walked over to Houston and 7 and took the 1 instead.

I caught it around 9:10. Actually ran faster than usual. It's a nice train when it runs smooth on those long straightaways between stops. But yeah most mornings I have at least slight delays -- waiting for the M to leave, too close behind the F, etc.