Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

well god bless that guy

mario explains it to you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=eShtZSx4kWc

after the first twenty minutes of my F train ride was a crying baby and then twenty minutes of loud chatting teenagers in the seat next to me, i guess i just couldn't handle the sonic pusharound anymore because i just got into a yelling match with a crew of guys who came onto the train and gave the "It's SHOWTIME" and i jumped out of my seat and said "NO SHOWTIME! NO SHOWTIME! NO SHOWTIME PLEASE!"
teenage kids are predictable: first they wanted to know if i was a cop, then they started cursing at me, then they started threatening me, then they started phone taping me and trying to goad me into either making physical contact or saying something sufficiently offensive. eventually i found myself in the unenviable position of no longer having a seat (this went on for like five stops) and being told to go to another car which got my own dander up to the point where i'm puffing up and acting the fool. eventually an older woman jumped into the fracas and told everyone to chill the fuck out. several more flare ups and a lot of bullshit later and one of the kids following me out of the train to maddog me going up the stairs, i'm back at home trying to write a letter to the Rock Steady Crew about their upcoming anniversary show.
i dunno man. i'm on the goddamn selection committee for the MTA's performance wing! i shouldn't be so touchy about this shit! the city fucks with you sometimes.

i yelled at showtimers recently too after THEY ASKED ME TO MOVE MY STANDING POSITION, but i've never believed in even mild forms of hostage-taking

i am gonna go on record as being anti-showtime: it's uncomfortable to have people blaring loud (and generally poor) instrumental beats while people violently fling themselves right in front of you in a captive space and 90% of these kids are not particularly good.
You wanna do it in the station or on the street, no problem but forcing any performance in front of me is exhausting enough; moving your body in such a way that I can't get up from my seat while you're in the middle of your performance is extremely offensive.

yeah, showtime is overall a huge DUD. i kind of count on my subway time being productive time with my reading. or at least being able to just zone out and think about whatever. please don't kick me in the face.

i fucking hate fight or flight situations. I let my temper get the better of me, throw myself into a potentially dangerous situation and then have no idea how to extricate myself. Fuck if i was gonna walk away from that but what the hell did i have to gain by escalating an argument with three increasingly angry, hostile teenagers? It really ruined my girlfriend's night and clearly made everyone on the train even more uptight than if I had just bit my tongue. clearly, i need to burn off more bad dude energy jogging or lifting or something.

ehhhh i hear all that, and would totally be raking myself over the coals the same way but i dunno. basically the hostile teenagers are in some sense daring somebody to do that at some point, otherwise society in general would be ceding the definition of a public space's appropriate and safe use to a small cohort of roaming dancers whose line is in shaking people down for money. not trying to say you're the hero of society. but just that if it's any comfort, they did "start" this by stepping onto the car and beginning a disruptive and irritating performance. but yes, confrontation is exhausting, stressful, and maybe does not "help" anybody.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIRxk_1VEAAzolW.jpg

gurl u gon miss yr stop w/ that nonsense

my Manhattan-bound F platform is closed "til fall" for renovation (so, December 18?). Extra good for an extra 10 sweaty minutes of walking before chemotherapy. SHOULDA MOVED, FUCK ME.

that sucks dude.

what i get for not living on 7th Ave anymore, huh?

Ugh, that sucks

p good VV cover story on the state of the subway by Neil deMause, who is long known for his muckraking work on sports stadia scams.

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/there-s-nothing-wrong-with-the-mta-that-a-hundred-years-and-a-few-hundred-billion-bucks-can-t-fix-7312416

there is apparently some serious F/G badness going on in brooklyn

u mean right this hour?

thanks for that

Due to Con Edison related power problems affecting signals at Jay St-MetroTech, the following service changes are in effect:

Southbound F Subway Line trains terminate at Jay St-MetroTech.

Northbound F Subway Line trains terminate at 4 Av-9 St.

There is no F Subway Line train service between 4 Av-9 St and Jay St-MetroTech in both directions.

Some southbound F Subway Line trains are running on the C Subway Line Icon line from Jay St-MetroTech to Euclid Av.

Some F Subway Line trains are running on the D Subway Line Icon line between W 4 St-Washington Square and Coney Island-Stillwell Av in both directions.

Some southbound F Subway Line trains terminate at 2 Av.

There is no G Subway Line train service between Church Av and Bedford-Nostrand Avs in both directions.

Southbound N Subway Line trains are running on the R Subway Line Icon line from Canal St to DeKalb Av.

Expect delays on the A Subway Line, C Subway Line, D Subway Line, F Subway Line Icon, G Subway Line, N Subway Line and R Subway Line trains in both directions.

It's going to take me 3 hours to get home but I did stop for pizza in Ft Greene.

The only reason I didn't bike today is I thought it was going to thunderstorm all morning and now it turns out I would have saved myself 2 hours of drinking time. Fuck me.

ugh. i guess i will stay in greenpoint and drink beer until this train situation is resolved.

very timely, that deMause piece above

I got stuck in the f train bullshit and used some of the time to read the voice piece

Friday July 10, starting 10am trains will possibly bypass stations at Chambers St and Fulton St due to US Women's National Soccer Team World Cup Parade.

Lol 'possibly'

thanks the lawd my office move is after the lady kickball march

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_UKKnxMa2k
brandy i love you but maybe you don't sing on my commute and i won't get into your car and make phone calls

all performers in the cars, plz shut up and step IN.

rofl

http://i.imgur.com/5nx77qC.png

http://video.newyorker.com/watch/a-reporter-at-large-the-most-recognizable-voice-in-new-york

this seemed as good a place to put this as anywhere
http://looie.co/#hey

It is surprising that the subway announcement guy is a Brit. He never sounded like a bonafide New Yorker to me, but I assumed he was from the Midwest or Kansas perhaps

more major label types fucking up our commute with attempted virals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=25&v=7liojsm9T-4

the system is still a lot more like taking of pelham one two three than you might expect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjx3S3UjmnA

http://www.wnyc.org/story/hottest-subway-stations-map-nyc

it's amazing that the MTA is the producer on that "hey look how ridiculously antiquated and unreliable our systems are"
kinda terrifying

i blame chinavision: http://secondavenuesagas.com/2015/08/14/as-bombardier-struggles-r179-delay-to-cost-mta-50-million

as a long time defender of the r32 on the c train, I am ready to accept their replacement, and regret the delay.

http://www.thecleverest.com/subway/

I will report back on my score after I'm done

ok it was 204

there are too many generic outer borough stations, like I can't remember which far out brooklyn/bronx stops I've gotten on and which I haven't. the only queens ones I'm missing are gonna be random rockaways stops, the only manhattan ones would be one or two random harlem stops maybe. I actually made it a point to visit every paris metro stop when I lived there, but outer borough ny stations are generic enough that it's not worth the trouble.

I don't think I've done a number of Manhattan stops north of 96th if I'm remembering correctly. Also hardly anything in the Bronx really.

I wish I went to every metro stop in paris. next time...

123 but yeah i'm sure i'm missing at least a handful. too much head-scratching of "now where would i have gotten off that one time..." etc. cute though!

I used google maps to jog my memory

def couldnt remember all of em

why is the Whitehall St R platform COMFORTABLE in August??? what are they doing?

Since 1998??? How would I even KNOW??

I clicked a bunch just because it's literally impossible that I've never gotten off the A at 23rd street in over 15 years, I just didn't bother to make a mental note of it any of the 175 times.

i have no idea -- probably not very many, tho, considering i've been here nine years

a long time ago i went to some lengths to visit a whole bunch of montreal metro stations

When this challenge is exhausted, the next pinnacle is every entrance of every subway station