they apologize, truly, madly, deeply; the train will lay like this forever until the sky falls down on me
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Monday, 9 April 2018 14:58 (six years ago) link
this morning the Husky Busker was playing 'creep'
not the tlc song
he's a noticeably better singer now than he was a few years ago, but i don't need to hear that shit at 9am
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 April 2018 18:37 (six years ago) link
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2016/02/most-complex-transit-subway-maps-world-tokyo-new-york-paris/470565/
― 龜, Saturday, 14 April 2018 13:26 (six years ago) link
scenes from 145th st/broadway. @NYCTSubway @MTA @NY1 #justalittlerain pic.twitter.com/vUYed8Se6g— josh guild (@jbguild) April 16, 2018
― mookieproof, Monday, 16 April 2018 14:25 (six years ago) link
Times Square wasn't much better
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Monday, 16 April 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
my feet were tragic when i got to the office. currently wearing the pair of crocs I keep hidden under my desk, with no socks
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Monday, 16 April 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link
dry and jobless at home here
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 April 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
update: the results have been as expected pic.twitter.com/PADIfLNylq— brand new season of bosh.0 only on comedy central (@boshj) April 25, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 18:18 (six years ago) link
the only good thing about the subway is when a local unexpectedly goes express and people with enormous noise-canceling headphones miss it
god forbid that one might ever be called upon to interact with or pay attention to the world at large
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 18:37 (six years ago) link
How 2 M.T.A. Decisions Pushed the Subway Into Crisis https://nyti.ms/2KLsdqM
― Nashville #9 Dream (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:17 (six years ago) link
handy guide
https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/05/10/how-the-l-train-shutdown-will-screw-over-each-subway-line/
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 12 May 2018 02:25 (six years ago) link
An elevator is out of service @ every Second Avenue Subway station this afternoon. They began service 1 year, 4 months, and 10 days ago. #AccessDenied @MTA @NYGovCuomo pic.twitter.com/MPRl1w0qQE— Colin Wright (@cbw623) May 11, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 12 May 2018 02:28 (six years ago) link
http://gothamist.com/2018/05/15/thunderstorm_causes_commuter_chaos.php
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 23:35 (six years ago) link
a widdle wain deways the twain
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 23:59 (six years ago) link
I never realized how much I would miss gothamist.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 00:03 (six years ago) link
my new workplace destination is Broadway-Lafayette, and wow i hate it. I got on the D (doesn't take me home) just to get the hell off the platform.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 00:15 (six years ago) link
@NYCTSubway Hey this is the situation under ground at Times Square. Please respond. What is up? @ny1 @WNBC @WCBSTV pic.twitter.com/xYbrhqciSW— Wendy Rich Stetson (@WendyStetson) May 15, 2018
― mick signals, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 00:17 (six years ago) link
Hi friends. I've obtained the MTA's L train shutdown service plans. They can only run three more trains per hour over the JMZ, and will run approximately 12.5 fewer trains total across the East River. This is gonna be really bad. https://t.co/mym8COIIGq— Aaron W. Gordon (@A_W_Gordon) May 17, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 May 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
lots of new swimmers
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 May 2018 14:50 (six years ago) link
Joseph Lhota, tapped to fix New York's subways, has quietly picked up several other lucrative jobs. It's a web of potential conflicts https://t.co/lz0hMCCI3d— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 22, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 14:08 (six years ago) link
jeez he gets up early
I might've missed a Q by a few minutes but there were at least 15 minutes between them. The B that arrived was too crowded for everyone to board. Nothing on the website.— Official Centrism (@pareene) May 23, 2018
the F was hell this morning too
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
gave up on the L this morning and took the G to the E. The G also took forever and a half to arrive
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 15:21 (six years ago) link
Some trumpster was asking me if I would rather have money go to fighting MS-13 or money go to fixing the subways. Like that was even something that I had to think about.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
icy
MTA spokesman Jon Weinstein responds to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s comments on the subway plan 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Yic59skOBj— Emma G. Fitzsimmons (@emmagf) May 23, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 May 2018 15:49 (six years ago) link
a former spokesman for Cuomo, who insisted he didn't control the MTA, now works at the MTA, where he insists the MTA is not responsible for the fucking subway— Official Centrism (@pareene) May 24, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 May 2018 15:50 (six years ago) link
http://gothamist.com/2018/05/24/lirr_subway_meltdown.php#photo-1
― omgneto and ittanium mayne (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 May 2018 18:10 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DeWYRNbWsAAGs-n.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 21:41 (six years ago) link
uh oh
A brief thread: Hard to believe we're down to an average weekday ridership of under 5.6 million, but here we are. This is bad for NYC one way or another. pic.twitter.com/wAkJ0d4YrU— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) June 18, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 18 June 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
PHOTO: Ceiling collapse in subway station at Court St & Fulton St. pic.twitter.com/kdbPtip3Jj— New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) June 20, 2018
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
The ceiling just collapsed at Borough Hall. @MTA @ny1 pic.twitter.com/Pmlo9wkEC5— James Giovan (@JamesGiovan) June 20, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:54 (five years ago) link
"signs held up by duct tape"
http://gothamist.com/2018/06/21/borough_hall_ceiling_collapse.php#photo-1
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 June 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
When the NYC subway vending machines go down, there's apparently only one guy who knows how to fix them.His name is Miguel, he lives in Port Jarvis (3 hrs from NYC), & apparently he likes to turn his cell phone off on the way home.Via William Finnegan https://t.co/7Zbg3mgyMd pic.twitter.com/YFCaCpI9wY— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) July 9, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 July 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
andy byford sounds like a good dude
― 龜, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 10:53 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiZXxLEW4AECw3S.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
What if all our infrastructure work costing 1000% of the international average wasn't only due to incompetence but was also part of an organized scheme of corruption and kickbacks? I mean, hypothetically https://t.co/Xt2HzTZlzb— Michael T Sweeney (@mtsw) July 18, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 July 2018 01:45 (five years ago) link
http://www.mod16.org/imagemacros/emot-iiam.gif
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 July 2018 01:57 (five years ago) link
MagnifyingGlass.jpg
― Isora Clubland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 19 July 2018 01:58 (five years ago) link
Cuomo now touting the MTA's experimentation with facial recognition technology at bridges and tunnels, and then adds: "They're now experimenting with technology that just identifies a person by the ear, believe it or not" cc @Steph_Beasley— Dana Rubinstein (@danarubinstein) July 20, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 July 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
seems right https://t.co/SEhBpvbVZu— alex pareene (@pareene) July 23, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 July 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
i keep saying this, but people, including our leaders in government, literally do not understand that the subways carry more people than the bridges do. they do not understand the numbers https://t.co/Y5ameZXrJb— Michael T Sweeney (@mtsw) July 24, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
i know the metro card readers are shitty and temperamental but peoples' behavior with them is so often mindboggling
you cannot whip the card through as fast as humanly possible (it will even tell you to slow down!)you cannot move the card one millimeter per secondyou don't have to wait 10 seconds after the person in front of you has gone throughshow some common fucking sense
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
My chief problem is the card always gets a crease or pimple in the stripe, often making 5-10 swipes necessary.
Need the contact style very badly, betting on 2025.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
I used the same 12 month metro card for an entire year with no noticeable deterioration whatsoever so tbh I don’t even know how one ends up creased or damaged.And everyone knows you put them through at walking pace right?
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 10:58 (five years ago) link
I just have bad pockets, apparently.
And what's strange is some readers have no problem, one swipe and that's it.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 11:17 (five years ago) link
And excuse me, now I am at 59th Street and this blue wall is literally blocking the N express line. Yet utterly no explaination why? There is not even basic signage. WTF is this? How can anyone plan their trip “accordingly” with a literal wall like that just being there?!? @NY1 pic.twitter.com/5kt1GW6S0k— Jack Szwergold (@JackSzwergold) July 30, 2018
Here’s what went wrong on the D, N, and R lines this morning and the actions we’ve taken to drastically cut delays moving forward. pic.twitter.com/T76PRNDddb— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) July 30, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 July 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link
xp but when I'm in a rush I am too frazzled and terrified of being fired to painstakingly measure the exact speed of swiping a metrocard, sorry
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Monday, 30 July 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
comments like this are why the subway is among the single most anxiety-inducing things in my life, to the point of having actual anxiety attacks on the train on a regular basis. for another example, I have a very poor sense of balance and the rapid jerking of the subway often causes me to fall, as in literally get knocked off my feet, especially if I'm carrying bags or groceries, which is virtually all the time (my laptop bag alone is heavy and bulky, since it has a laptop in it on top of all my other stuff.). but people yell at you if you "hug the pole." they also yell at you, of course, if you fall. there is no way to win
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Monday, 30 July 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
i feel u on the balance issue. the old C trains actively hurt my knee if i'm positioned incorrectly
i was not suggesting that you painstakingly measure the exact speed of swiping; i was noting that experience teaches *nearly* all of us that super-fast or wicked-slow will not work. there are also other reasons why a card won't work -- i guess morbs uses his as a hanky or something
but if you stand there and repeatedly whip the card at the highest possible speed and become incensed at its failure to work -- as the dude who prompted my original post did -- then i don't know what to say
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 00:03 (five years ago) link
My card works smoothly on the F line, like shit at the Prince St R/W
not gonna go into my hour-plus JUST USED travails tonight with an idiot booth clerk involved
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 00:31 (five years ago) link
i still think trying to hide a yearlong track work project is goddamn amazing even for the MTA
http://gothamist.com/2018/07/30/surprise_subway_work_here_to_derail.php
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 01:14 (five years ago) link