Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

I just had Cuomo's briefing on but had to bail when Sen Schmuck came on. Did I hear the 4 & 5 are going Brooklyn-Manhattan now?
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Saturday, November 3, 2012 10:21 AM

I was wondering the same thing myself. I think it's true! 10 minute wait between trains but I'll take it!

In what Governor Andrew Cuomo has termed an “unprecedented engineering feat,” the MTA plans to restore nearly 80 percent of subway service by the end of the day today. Currently, 4 and 5 trains are running between Brooklyn and Manhattan with the 5 making express stops in Manhattan. The 6 is running to Brooklyn Bridge as well, and the F, D, J and M trains will return to full service later today. The 7 is now operating between 42nd St./Times Square and Flushing-Main St., and A train service between Lefferts Boulevard and 207th St. will start on Monday.

NYT Metro Desk ‏@NYTMetro
Subway problems remain. Lhota, MTA head, says L train tunnel flooded "wall to wall, ceiling to ceiling," @mattfleg reports.

RIP williamsburg

How many ceilings does it have?

that is a zen question that MTA workers have been stuck thinking about instead of cleaning it

Cuomo Offers Hope for Motorists
For those worried about long gas lines and shortages, elected officials in New York promised on Saturday morning that help is on the way, at least in that state.

More than 8 million gallons of gas have been delivered to service stations, with 28 million more gallons on the way, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said.

Additionally, the military is trucking in 12 million gallons and will set up distribution centers starting later on Saturday.

The fuel will be free, but drivers will be limited to 10 gallons.

“Do not panic” Mr. Cuomo said. “We did have a shortage in fuel delivery,” he said. “That situation has been remedied.”

The 4/5 from Bk to Manhattan and back again: absolute bliss, not too crowded, speedy, welcome back beautiful subway!

I have three trains: the L, the G and the M. At least the M is coming back.

no interboro F yet, as of an hour ago

considering that the F and C trains traditionally come to a crawl when it sprinkles (anyone else notice that?) it doesn't surprise me

no damn D/F from Bklyn still

i survived this bitch. had to go to the ER in Jersey City on Wednesday b/c i dislocated my elbow, but i am fine now.

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/11/g-and-l-trains-will-not-be-back-until-next-week.html

F trains starting to run between mht and bklyn according to twitter?

D is running it looks like

http://i.imgur.com/PZeP0.png

it must be running on the e line?

Something doesn't make sense. Surely it was running through the F tunnel at the end of last week. So why should the F notification mention M/E train stops?

Oh, that notice is for the M train. M, F, B and D are grouped together as far as service changes.

argh argh argh, why are they closing those stations again? My commute was finally down to a reasonable 1.5 hrs.

ah ok wait, n/m, they were closed all along. But I assume they didn't mean to link those to the F, cuz they're not F stops.

today's map is claiming a lot of things. F and M are running in lower manhattan? Can anyone confirm this first-hand?

I took the F uptown this morning - it was PACKED.

even during normal times like 2 downtown Fs come for every uptown F - today it was more like 4 downtown Fs for every uptown F.

E was running, and it was express, hooray!

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/11/black-market-for-gasoline-is-booming.html

E was running, and it was express, hooray!

OK should I, like, flee work now? How long until this blizzard shuts down my one meager connection to wburg (namely the J/M)?

G back, dammit

How that happen?

Obama

lol

Barry did 11-7?

G is back but 'with considerable delays'.

so in other words, the G is back

There is some kind of Zen Koan about "If the G train is delayed, does it require a service advisory?"

"Is it possible that the G came, but no one saw it?"

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.

The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!"

"Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless the G train has already passed?"

Beautiful.

Any one get caught in the slush on the way home?

of course. I had to take babysteps everywhere

The L is back, says mta.info

just in time for me to go buy a drum machine in bushwick

I got on possibly the most crowded bus of my entire lifetime, last night, rather than wait for the next when at god knows when. It all worked out.

Not exactly on topic but doesn't belong in quiddities and agonies either. This happened right in front of my building this morning. Two people mowed down, and someone was killed the same way there earlier this year. Deadly Borinquen.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/one-dead-and-one-seriously-injured-in-brooklyn-hit-and-run/

http://secondavenuesagas.com/2012/11/20/the-many-mistakes-of-new-jersey-transit/

I wonder if I can even get to where I'm supposed to go for Thanksgiving. Should probably check.

oh yeah that borinquen intersection is fucked up

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/11/6538994/now-andrew-cuomo-governor-who-talks-about-transit

xpost Neighborhood guy told me the woman in the hospital also died, but weirdly there's no word of that in the news.

What happened was the two people had halfway crossed and were standing in the 'island' in the middle of Borinquen (not a raised island but defined only by yellow lines) and the hit-and-run guy was coming fast toward Union and decided to pass someone by veering into said 'island', knocked both people into the bridge-bound lane where they were struck by the second vehicle (whose driver didn't flee the scene).

Since the incident there are suddenly cop cars on my block just hangin' out watching traffic for the first time in my 9 year experience of this block. Usually parked in the 'island' which I guess sort of makes it a real island, grim lol.

Almost missed my flight home as the path to newark simply stopped working