Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

The proposed line that goes from Bay Ridge to Astoria sounds pretty great (though I won't have kids to enjoy it considering how long it takes anyone in the MTA to do anything other than raise fares).

i imagine if you had kids, their kids might see that line but i wouldn't put money on it.

'signals guru' pete tomlin also resigns

rip mta

I had no use for you took you nearly every single day of my life, but rip anyway

brutal

oh dear, rider riot in GCT and elsewhere

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/01/31/anti-police-protest/

nyc ain't dead yet

warms my heart. This seriously took a long time to happen but I guess <insert subway joke about trains being late>.

When they set fire to dozens of metro stations on the first night of protests in santiago people were speculating that it was coordinated. OH YOU THINK???

#dealinwithit

This is packaged and framed up as a story of two big egos colliding but the narrative is just about Andrew Cuomo being an asshole until the highly competent MTA chief got sick of dealing with him https://t.co/oXSW9PWmLD

— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) February 3, 2020

that was how it read to me

https://i.imgur.com/oYUJ3at.jpg

RIP Thread Title Tony Award Winner Orson Bean

Just saw another one of those
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save us cardvaark
https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/brief-wondrous-life-death-cardvaark-mtas-proposed-metrocard-mascot

No matter how many times I see them, blacked out teeth/moustaches/dicks/etc drawn onto subway posters will never get old for me.

for posterity:

http://i.imgur.com/r0qXB9N.jpg

awwwww, seems like a sweet little guy

Wow

send this moron out to provide humanitarian assistance imo
https://nypost.com/2020/02/12/prankster-who-spilled-coronavirus-on-train-says-hes-just-misunderstood/

I can’t get over how people can’t be bothered to stop watching their dumbass Netflix shows on their phones long enough to get out of the doorways.

C/D: Those who enter but then linger tentatively on the threshold of the car like a blushing Goldilocks whilst they decide upon the best of all possible seats for themselves.

incredible skinny mid-30s woman on the B who tried multiple times to take up two seats. no one was having it

“YOU AINT STEALIN’!” - earlier

incredible skinny mid-30s woman on the B who tried multiple times to take up two seats. no one was having it

Unless it was her interesting looking sister.

incredible skinny mid-30s woman on the B who tried multiple times to take up two seats.

she was placing her ass crack on the ridge between 1-2 or 2-3

she was also (take note st. peter) leaning forward while sitting, elbows on knees. like it's not enough that you have a seat, you also have to shove your head into my fucking groin while i make room for ppl

was she making a stand or did she seem high?

no! . . . just no fucks

maybe she liked the way the ridge felt.

don't we all

yerac with the pertinent questions and good points

Just noticed the Mets tattoo on awkwafinas inside wrist on the poster , someone get ‘shoppin

This morning we got on the 2 train at Sterling St and there was a bit of a smell but I thought it wasn't worth worrying about too much as we were only riding two stops but then my wife turned to me and said "Is that man playing with shit?" And sure enough he was: the man opposite was turning a turd in his palms. So we changed carriages at the next station.

Carriages? Blimey

the man opposite was turning a turd in his palms

big city of dreams

Sorry: I'm British and in the horror of the recollection forgot you don't say carriages.

You don’t say “carriages” for the Tube either! But we’re losing focus on what’s important here.

You don't?

I’m positive there’s a historical reason why the London Underground calls its train carriages “cars” - but have zero recollection how I know this apart from the usual way i.e. having dreamt it

Maybe an episode of Sherlock, Tracer?

LU may call them cars, but passengers always call them carriages.

Lol it probably was Sherlock.

can someone explain why congestion pricing in manhattan requires federal approval

“YOU PLAYIN’ WITH THE WRONG BITCH!”

ugh. I decided to use Staten Island, SI Live as the newsource for that question. "...requires federal approval due to some roads within the program’s limits receiving federal funding or being considered part of the interstate highway system."

Imma start carrying a permanent marker to deface bullshit ads

Queens bus “redesign” is uncool.