Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

new fares begin tom'w. you can buy an Unlimited at the old rate today as long as you start using it by July 6.

The G route is extended from Smith-9 Sts to the
Church Av F station
All times until further notice

:O

it's true! FOUR YEARS.

http://www.transitblogger.com/subway/mta-to-extend-g-line-to-church-ave.php

Now you ppl in W'msburg and Bushwick can come visit and I'll explain my views on the Democrats to you.

NOW this happens

http://thetransportpolitic.com/

Makes a good case for linking the MetroNorth, LIRR and NJT through Penn Station to improve capacity.

anyone take the M60 to LaGuardia? is it horrible?

No! I'm fine with it. It's a bit long, maybe, cos it makes a lot of stops on the way -- much faster at like 10pm than on a sunny summer afternoon. But the subway at 2nd Ave that it connects to even has an elevator to get to the mezz, so you don't have to hoof your bags as much.

I live right off the 2/3/4/5, tho, so it's an especially easy trip for me. WAAAAAAAAAYYYY easier than trying to get the elevated train in Queens and carrying bags ALL the way up there.

i have taken it from the astoria blvd subway stop. it's a little frustrating, but not too bad. and if it is packed or something, there should be plenty of cab options from there at a reasonable-ish price.

know ahead of time which terminal you need, though, because they're not that good about announcements and it can be tough to see around everyone's baggage.

i'll be getting it off the 4 so that doesn't sound too bad. the price is definitely right.

The M60 is actually pretty great. It runs fairly often, and it's not unduly crowded. I usually take it toward Manhattan, not toward the airport, because I live so close it's easier to cab it. And you get a free tour of Astoria.

I did recently sit on it in front of a bunch of twits who loudly savaged my neighborhood as being "too skeevy". You know, for the nice white people with money.

my wife got practically knocked down by a middle-aged woman angrily barging her way off a crowded bus. i hate people who wait until the last second, suddenly realize it's their stop and then feel justified in just shoving the hell out of anyone in their way.

(not on the m60, the bus talk just made me think of it.)

Seen scrawled on W4 upper platform E train service advisory:
"Get past your own hypocrisy. Disaffectated inefficacious blind kids gone bad!"

had the most uncomfortable subway experience in a while the other week. just another crazy guy, but this one was really angry. he started out by ripping apart a loaf of bread he was carrying and throwing it piece by piece against the door opposite him. the car was crowded and people just kind of edged away as much as possible from him and the growing pile of bread bits. he was muttering at first but got louder and louder until he was almost yelling each time he threw the bread, "motherfucker i TOLD you, you wanna fuck with ME?" etc etc. then he jumped up and slammed his hand really hard against the door and kind of looked around like he was daring anyone to say anything. the whole car studiously avoided eye contact with him, and he basically shoved his way down the car to the next door and got off at the next stop. then a few people kicked all the bread off the floor and out the door. but it was pretty tense for a few minutes. there were a good number of good-sized guys in the car, and i'm pretty sure that if the guy had actually tipped over into violence, he could've been taken down pretty easily. and you could see everyone sort of bracing for that possibility. but the crazy guy seemed to know that too -- he was pushing right up to the edge, but he didn't really want to get his ass kicked.

anyway, i hate that shit.

(oh, and it wasn't just bread. it started as bread and then became bits of turkey or whatever lunch meat he had with him.)

Seem to recall that kind of stuff happening on a daily basis back in the 70s and early 80s.

well, there are things to like about the new new york.

Well maybe you were getting a taste of the new old new york.

does that mean i hafta get a gun?

Yes, if you don't feel your drunken master tipsy mothra powers are sufficient.

via adamschefter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xopwmval2jY

(oh, laurel first, I guess)

Indeed.

beautiful video.

Riders of 18 lines royally screwed this weekend (take the F & G shuttle bus, yeah right):

http://gothamist.com/2009/10/08/widespread_subway_interruptions_com.php

http://cobblehillblog.com/archives/2930

Afraid to click.

Last night I went down to 5 & 53rd E/V platform and waited so long I started hallucinating that I was seeing Harry Lime running out of the tunnel. Finally I looked around for the advisory- no Queensbound trains from 10PM to 5AM. 10PM? Didn't this kind of thing used to start at midnight?

Morbius: get a bike. It has made my weekends so much better.

I've never ridden one.

Let's hear some good shuttlebus stories on Monday.

never?!?!

I might have gotten on one now and then, but it didn't go anywhere.

No matter what I wear, even if I slightly underdress for the cool walk to the subway, once I get on the super-humid terrarium-like F train, within two minutes I have full upper body ring-around-the-collar.

Anyone wanna share in my happiness that this is the last weekend for the fucked up L train? WE'RE SO CLOSE GUYS.

Aargh. How can you be damp and cold and sweaty at the same time?

http://ga3.org/campaign/mtabudgetcut

Carry On, Brave Soul!

goddam, lady. bloodcurdling horror-movie shrieking is for when you see a baby down on the tracks. not a rat, ffs.

having had the opportunity to observe NYC: The Dinkins Years up close and personal, let me just say: LOOOOOL

Jesse, you don't know what you will be missing.

I'm confused.

M.T.A. Proposes Severe Service Cuts; 2 Subway Lines May Be Eliminated

the MTA finance com'tee approved it today.

exactly how would the G be reduced?

It will now be horse-drawn.

http://council.nyc.gov/html/action_center/mta.shtml

when i heard that story i was shocked to know the Z still existed!
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gabbneb's fave guv strikes again:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/12/17/2009-12-17_gov__pols_derailed_students_free_rides_hidden_deal_revealed_as_mta_unveils_propo.html

i suppose it doesn't really matter because money is short everywhere, but it kinda seems like the funding for students' transportation ought to be coming out of some other budget besides the mta's

I heard on WNYC this morning it used to be split 3 ways by state, city, MTA (Giuliani put a stop to that).