Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

A friend said RUSH HOUR TRACK WORK? HAVE AN ACCIDENT & DIE

your friend sounds angry.

his friend... was me

anger is the foundation of their friendship

max sounds angry

i was SO MAD

Subway and bus riders who buy unlimited-ride MetroCards before fares go up on May 31 must begin using them by June 8 to receive the full present value of the cards, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced on Thursday.

The cut-off date is intended in part to prevent hoarding. Given the deadline, stocking up on the cards before May 31 in the hopes of using them weeks and months later will not be a fruitful strategy.

On May 31, the price of a basic per-per-ride fare will rise to $2.50 from $2. The costs of the unlimited-ride cards, which most riders use, will also increase: to $9.50 from $7.50 for the one-day fun pass, to $31 from $25 for the seven-day card, to $59 from $47 for the 14-day and to $103 from $81 for the 30-day card.

Unlimited-ride cards bought at current prices will only be valid until the following dates: June 8 for the one-day fun pass, June 14 for the seven-day card, June 21 for the 14-day card and July 7 for the 30-day card.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
AFTER AN EARLIER INCIDENT
TRAINS ARE MOVING AT SLOWER SPEEDS
PLEASE BE PATIENT

time to get in biking shape.

Dear rider,

Congratulations! Last night, your phone calls, letters and emails were heard and acted upon by our elected officials in Albany. Because of you, millions of straphangers can breath a sigh of relief knowing their bus, train or commuter line will still be there on June 1st.

While not perfect, the new legislation halves the fare and toll increases, derails the service cuts and provides enough revenue for two years of capital repairs and rebuilding. Rest assured we will continue to fight for safe, decent and affordable transit, but today we can all celebrate a big victory for our 9 million neighbors.

What does the bill include?

A single-ride MetroCard will be $2.25, not $2.50;

The pay-per-ride discount will be 20% when you buy $7.50 or more;

A 30-day MetroCard will be $89, not $103;

Fare increases on LIRR and MetroNorth will be about 10% as opposed to the 25%-70% hikes in the MTA "Doomsday" budget;
The Doomsday service cuts will not happen, maintaining current levels of service; and
two years worth of capital funding will ensure the MTA has the basic resources needed to continue to rebuild the system.

With our sincerest thanks and gratitude,
Gene, Cate and Jason

NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign

awzom subway map w/station by station ridership volume histories http://transit.frumin.net/subway/spark.php

F train this morning more humid than Colonel Sternwood's greenhouse after a new delivery of orchids.

f train this morning = be thankful for what you've got

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3659/3587190559_0f0ba84cec.jpg

subway etiquette:

• Absolutely no grooming on the subway. High on the disgust-factor list are:
o Nail clipping (there’s even one report of TOE-nail clipping)
o Nail polishing
o Make-up application
o Teeth flossing

This morning a really big, very tall kid right in front of me entered the double doors of the 5 train and stopped there, with me and a lot of other people stuck behind him. He stood there despite the fact that I bumped right into him and no one could get by, up until he saw a seat he could get to. Then he decided he didn't want to lean against the doors anymore, so he moved in and took the seat.

Sorry.

Kill. I could kill.

I fantasize about violence pretty much every single day.

Actually ended up sitting NEXT to the guy a few stops later, and he fell asleep and kept leaning over on me and the person on his other side.

I remember thinking, "Would it be possible to inflict enough physical suffering on this person to make them understand how offensive their rudeness is? Too bad there's no handy scale for computing level of agony deserved for degree of fucking off every other person in your general vicinity (possibly depending on how many people that is)."

M.T.A. Sells Naming Rights to Subway Station

And if a company can pay to get its name on any station, a New Yorker might wonder what's next: Coca-Cola Presents 59th Street-Columbus Circle?

Obv it would be the time warner circle-59th street. Gosh, nyt is anbowing me lately. It's like they're not even trying.

I don't care how much money they get from those bastards whose stadium is never gonna get built -- no one is going to call it Barclays Station.

Obv it would be the time warner circle-59th street. Gosh, nyt is anbowing me lately. It's like they're not even trying.

there's a lazy collocation in every paragraph of that article; "WHAT IS NEXT, the [CONGLOMERATE]-[MIDTOWN STATION]?"

"what's next" is the worst set-up to anything.

There was a CMJ article after I left that called out Otto Von Schirach's "Tea-Bagging The Dead" as a wacky song title. And it said, "What's next, Coffee-Grinding The Living?"

And it's like, you want to yell, THAT'S NOT HOW JOKES WORK.

Coffee-Filtering The Living, excuse me

surely you would have changed it to "fingering the drowned" no?

ew

I coffee filter the living every day. I can only deal with certain people after I've had coffee.

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?