Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

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

Ended up at about 170 but I think that might be a little short, can't remember one-off trips here or there. But not bad! lololol I clicked almost everything just to see what level you can get up to, and it's "MTA Employee."

i gave up after a hundred, this is making me remember one night stands and plays i was in and shit i'd rather not think about

i made sure to visit every station in HK but the thought of trying to do that in NYC fills me with terror and dread

with good reason

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/thewarriors/images/8/8a/Punks.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140123071619

fucked-up R train bullshit

So the N line in South Brooklyn runs on two outer tracks, served by old and decrepit station platforms, with two apparently defunct inner tracks going unused.

Right now at my station they're building a wooden deck over the unused inner tracks, apparently to make a temporary passenger platform while they work on the old ones? Excited to see this happen one day at a time! I should start taking pics so I can get some enterprising ilxor to make them into a time-lapse gif later, obviously.

I hope everyone saw the article that said updating the signal system on all the tracks will take A CENTURY.