Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

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

safe from Cuomo

this is why we can't have nice things

Yes you can and it is extremely alarming that Cuomo is saying this. He's never going to restore 24/7 service. https://t.co/oFwxiboDWi

— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) June 8, 2020

Anyone get back on today? I’ve taken it about 5 times in the past couple of months and it was pretty clean

Sally Librera, first female head of NYC Transit is out
https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/6/30/21307812/how-subway-boss-grappled-with-transit-nightmares-during-covid

MTA continues price gouging in new and exciting ways, these shits are gonna end up on the tracks
https://gothamist.com/news/mta-rolls-out-ppe-vending-machines-select-subway-stations

Their ten blue surgical masks offering will cost you $12.49, or $1.25 per mask. For comparison, on Amazon, you can get 50 for $28, or .56-cents a piece. Other vending machine items include one disinfectant wipe, which will cost .75-cents, and one KN95 mask, which costs $10. Reusable cloth masks will be priced at $5.99, wipes $2.25, and a 2-oz bottle of hand sanitizer $4.99. Additionally, there are kits that include a mask, sanitizing wipes, and a pair of gloves are priced at $6.49.

Riding the subway is likely much safer than you thinkhttps://t.co/AKQekKpSq9

In Paris: 0 of the 386 infection clusters between May and July were linked to public transit.

in Tokyo, no virus clusters have been linked to its famously crowded rail lines.

— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) August 2, 2020

sound up

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— Unusual Videos 🤔 (@UnusualVideos) August 13, 2020

https://gothamist.com/news/mta-a-train-subway-derail-manhattan-8th-ave

An uptown A train derailed inside the 14th Street/8th Avenue subway station in Manhattan this morning. An MTA spokesperson confirmed that one of the train's wheels "went off the track" around 8:15 a.m. According to the MTA, the train hit some debris in the trackbed as it pulled into the station, causing the derailment and cutting power to all four tracks. All passengers were safely evacuated, the MTA said in a statement. The train "hit a few poles," according to a statement from the FDNY. Approximately 30 people were evacuated from the train, with one person sustaining minor injuries, the FDNY said.

An NYPD spokesperson says an unnamed 30-year-old man has been taken into custody by police, who are investigating whether he caused the derailment. The spokesperson had no further details, but police sources tell the Daily News that "a saboteur clamped wooden planks onto the roadbed." He was reportedly subdued by good Samaritans who "held him at the station until cops took him into custody." The News' sources added that the man was "laughing at his accomplishment."

https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/9/17/21440817/mtas-fare-evasion-math-was-off-track-review-finds

unrelated:
https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2020/09/18/nyc-tries-50-fines-to-get-scofflaws-to-don-masks-on-subway
1 - fining people for this is stupid, just tell them they need to wear a mask or escort them off the subway
2 - I'd say about 5% of people on the trains are going without masks now, 10% more are doing the dicknose thing. It's a game of moving from car to car to avoid people, especially when then sit down right next to you
3 - ridership, especially not at peak hours, still feels only about half what I was used to

Followup the first week that the 50$ fine schedule was in effect it was enforced... zero (0) times

i mean, good? it's a dumb way to enforce the law. Again, they just need to tell people to put on a mask and escort them off if they refuse.

you are correct

HI DERE!

https://nypost.com/2022/01/03/nyc-man-jumps-subway-turnstile-fatally-breaking-neck-video/

yikes