Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

No matter how many times I see them, blacked out teeth/moustaches/dicks/etc drawn onto subway posters will never get old for me.

for posterity:

http://i.imgur.com/r0qXB9N.jpg

awwwww, seems like a sweet little guy

Wow

send this moron out to provide humanitarian assistance imo
https://nypost.com/2020/02/12/prankster-who-spilled-coronavirus-on-train-says-hes-just-misunderstood/

I can’t get over how people can’t be bothered to stop watching their dumbass Netflix shows on their phones long enough to get out of the doorways.

C/D: Those who enter but then linger tentatively on the threshold of the car like a blushing Goldilocks whilst they decide upon the best of all possible seats for themselves.

incredible skinny mid-30s woman on the B who tried multiple times to take up two seats. no one was having it

“YOU AINT STEALIN’!” - earlier

incredible skinny mid-30s woman on the B who tried multiple times to take up two seats. no one was having it

Unless it was her interesting looking sister.

incredible skinny mid-30s woman on the B who tried multiple times to take up two seats.

she was placing her ass crack on the ridge between 1-2 or 2-3

she was also (take note st. peter) leaning forward while sitting, elbows on knees. like it's not enough that you have a seat, you also have to shove your head into my fucking groin while i make room for ppl

was she making a stand or did she seem high?

no! . . . just no fucks

maybe she liked the way the ridge felt.

don't we all

yerac with the pertinent questions and good points

Just noticed the Mets tattoo on awkwafinas inside wrist on the poster , someone get ‘shoppin

This morning we got on the 2 train at Sterling St and there was a bit of a smell but I thought it wasn't worth worrying about too much as we were only riding two stops but then my wife turned to me and said "Is that man playing with shit?" And sure enough he was: the man opposite was turning a turd in his palms. So we changed carriages at the next station.

Carriages? Blimey

the man opposite was turning a turd in his palms

big city of dreams

Sorry: I'm British and in the horror of the recollection forgot you don't say carriages.

You don’t say “carriages” for the Tube either! But we’re losing focus on what’s important here.

You don't?

I’m positive there’s a historical reason why the London Underground calls its train carriages “cars” - but have zero recollection how I know this apart from the usual way i.e. having dreamt it

Maybe an episode of Sherlock, Tracer?

LU may call them cars, but passengers always call them carriages.

Lol it probably was Sherlock.

can someone explain why congestion pricing in manhattan requires federal approval

“YOU PLAYIN’ WITH THE WRONG BITCH!”

ugh. I decided to use Staten Island, SI Live as the newsource for that question. "...requires federal approval due to some roads within the program’s limits receiving federal funding or being considered part of the interstate highway system."

Imma start carrying a permanent marker to deface bullshit ads

Queens bus “redesign” is uncool.

Witnessed on the train just now: schnookered teenage boy with glass cocktail tumbler quarter filled with bourbon rocks sipping idly while holding a pole

Fuck yeah

used extra space on F train to play a little handball

is that a euphemism

ewww mook don't even

midday trips are spacious!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/nyregion/subway-fire-death.html

More MTA employees have died from coronavirus in the past couple weeks than all of the NYPD officers who have been shot and killed over the last 30 years. https://t.co/zjcQonoOcP

— David Menschel (@davidminpdx) April 6, 2020

jesus christ

Good to see you up and about on here, Mr Hand.

What are the odds there'll be a mass "transit lives matter" movement carried out by white authoritarian-leaning suburbanites across this great nation? No? Nothing? Gosh.

because what else

https://gothamist.com/news/facing-8-billion-losses-mta-will-still-hire-350-new-subway-cops

whew, thank god for that!

Context: When Cuomo unveiled the new NY state budget earlier this month, his number one boast was that it "includes no new taxes" and "continues to phase in tax cuts". He'd rather let the MTA die than ask his wealthy neighbors to pay a dollar more. https://t.co/5bOxl79DVa

— JW Mason (@JWMason1) April 20, 2020

https://gothamist.com/news/mtas-plan-to-shutter-subways-overnight-draws-divisive-response

congrats to london’s new transport commissioner, andy byford