"do you want to live in a world without pyramids?"
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:53 (six years ago) link
re https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/subway-station-booth-agents.html
Ok this obviously bothers me a lot. Let's talk a little about the American Cult of Innovation. pic.twitter.com/5AWybawRAI— Michael T Sweeney (@mtsw) December 28, 2017
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 03:14 (six years ago) link
aka 'not invented here' aka the reason why we haven't replaced metrocards yet
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
we couldn't just... copy a system from elsewhere
we're moving to contactless! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/23/nyregion/metrocard-subway-new-york.html
― ้พ, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 14:56 (six years ago) link
one of my local station's turnstile swipe units goes out about once every few weeks for a good day and there's generally a pile up until someone props the emergency gate open
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:16 (six years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/magazine/subway-new-york-city-public-transportation-wealth-inequality.html
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
xxpost ... in 2023. for fun, read all entries marked 'metrocard' on second avenue sagas and see how long its replacement has been discussed and in so many forms.
http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/01/31/the-end-of-the-metrocard-is-somewhat-near/
or in 2007, when it was lamented as a 13-year-old "nearly obsolete" technology!
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:52 (six years ago) link
i like obsolete technology, mostly
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
First great commute of the year this evening
― The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 January 2018 00:16 (six years ago) link
that nyt link mookie posted is pretty good
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 4 January 2018 02:20 (six years ago) link
Have you seen the 3 little arrows now appearing on the floor just in front of the doors of some cars, presumably meant to get the immobile dunces to move in? Isn't that DARLING?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 January 2018 02:52 (six years ago) link
so what the fuck happened today?
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:36 (six years ago) link
broken rail on the Manhattan Bridge
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:45 (six years ago) link
outstanding
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:45 (six years ago) link
Idk because luckily I was done w my commute by 8am thanks to a painfully early schedule this week. Was it gruesome?
xp oh jesus help us
― Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
my gf got caught in it and had to keep checking stations to figure out what was/wasn't moving. i deleted twitter and i suspect not having a real-time MTA feed will be the only great loss
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
officially a "rail CONDITION"
https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-subway-delays-1.16028518
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
I skipped 3 Q trains at Atlantic because they were crammed, the 4th was still super full, must have been hellish for people who need to get to work on time
― badg, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
i was wedged into a Q
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 17:39 (six years ago) link
my commute only took 1.5 hours extra this morning
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 15:33 (six years ago) link
today the conductor apologized for the 3 train being crowded, which was nice, but on the other hand when the fuck isn't the 3 crowded during rush hour
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 15:48 (six years ago) link
our conductor walked the cars during one of our 20-minute periods that we spent between each station to apologize and check if everyone was feeling ok, and whenever we were in a station he made an announcement that amounted to 'get off this thing now while you've got the chance'
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
those words should be over the door of every car
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
I weighed my chances with the roads and rode to work today. Thankfully. I was extra cautious so it "only" took an hour which apparently is 40% of the time it would have taken on the MTA.
― Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
Good call, I should have done the same
― badg, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 16:11 (six years ago) link
nothin much wrong with the Q today, where did I go right?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
unfortunately my commute doesn't really work with a car -- the only way to save time is to spend $20 on a cab down the west side highway to the 72nd st. stop, and that's only if traffic on the west side highway is actually moving
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 16:20 (six years ago) link
Is it wrong that the number one reason I am putting off going to NY and dealing with my apt is because of the subway situation? I read this thread and get anxious all over again.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 16:22 (six years ago) link
(and even that only saves you about 5 minutes, and that's assuming you get to the 72nd St. stop exactly when an express train arrives, so really, why bother)
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 16:23 (six years ago) link
that "visit door to door to show a human face of the MTA" tactic appears to be their new thing. it's nice enough but it's like the free wifi. please stop providing lace and doilies and fix the goddamn sewing machine
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link
I've never seen it -- with the level of crowding on the subway I don't see how it's even possible
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link
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The traffic on West Street is greatly improved from the back of a motorcycle. Then it doesn't matter if traffic isn't moving.
Admittedly if I worked in Midtown it wouldn't make sense for me to ride, I guess. I mean it would still be more fun than the subway but it probably wouldn't be any faster.
― Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
that "visit door to door to show a human face of the MTA" tactic
The other morning I was feeling kind of rough and then I was held momentarily by the train's dispatcher. It was nice.
― mick signals, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link
you are being held momentarily due to train traffic ahead
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 18:43 (six years ago) link
there is another ___ train directly behind this one
lies
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 18:52 (six years ago) link
Yeah the Next Train displays now provide an instant readout of how big a lie that invariably is
― mick signals, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 18:53 (six years ago) link
increasingly frequent novelty: two countdown clocks on the same platform displaying different information.
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link
i was under the impression that the countdown clocks got info from a bluetooth oriented doohickey at the front of the train so that it COULDN'T be wrong but yeah, they are continually fucking up somehow. magic!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
I think the ones on the b division trains work with a different technology maybe... like I thought I read that it involved cameras actually identifying the trains in the tunnels instead of transponders on the trains themselves, and would thus be more prone to error.
but this was a while back and maybe they ended up using another method.
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link
lol nevermind, you're exactly right about bluetooth: http://secondavenuesagas.com/2016/11/14/b-division-countdown-clocks-set-arrive-2018/
but it is a different system than on the a division
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
TIL a space case is when a person gets caught between a train and the platform: "They're still alive but when you move the train they'll die." pic.twitter.com/HBkh7pJHrn— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) January 11, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 January 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
where's that from?
― chinavision!, Thursday, 11 January 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
https://books.google.com/books?id=qK0sqeVwBfAC&pg=PT137&lpg=PT137&dq=%22the+sergeant+described+his+first+space+case%22&source=bl&ots=HwJWRuTIU0&sig=TMyyzZ0Q0JsrpoVEnnQ5b9eIWR4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj74qrq1tDYAhVV1mMKHfplCD8Q6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=%22the%20sergeant%20described%20his%20first%20space%20case%22&f=false
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Thursday, 11 January 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
UH legit scary experience @MTA just now on an uptown C train. Stuck underground for 30 min in car that had TILTED OFF THE TRACKS— Ariana Tobin (@Ariana_Tobin) January 11, 2018
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 January 2018 01:48 (six years ago) link
how many more years has the subway got? 5? 3?
― ้พ, Friday, 12 January 2018 18:09 (six years ago) link
it's a race with trump to see who fails out completely first
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 12 January 2018 20:00 (six years ago) link
hudson river tunnel(s) will go first, apparently
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-10/the-most-awful-transit-center-in-america-could-get-unimaginably-worse
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 January 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link
Every time I ride the subway I vow never to again
― June Pointerโs Valentineโs Day Secret Admirer Note Author (calstars), Friday, 12 January 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
re the "power outages" and other lies/failures
All these different but equally damaging types of data manipulations โ purposely fudging numbers versus collecting bad data by accident โ combine to make New Yorkers distrust the MTA to inform us honestly about its functionality. Consider the most basic of questions: Is the subway getting better? The MTA and Cuomo have been arguing it is since September, but people who ride it find that hard to believe. As the transit authority invests hundreds of millions of dollars into triaging the failing subways, how will we know if this money is going to good use? What could the MTA possibly say that would make us trust it now?
https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/01/23/mtas-power-outage-fib-is-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link