Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

Is there some kind of partial E service? On the F tonight at Roosevelt Ave the train conductor said "transfer for the E train" but maybe that was out of habit

does not appear to be the case

7 is up from 74th to flushing tho

east river ferry lines should be bad on manhattan side, not brooklyn side, at this time of day right?

I mean, theoretically, but who knows. are you still in wburg trying to get back? I would just walk.

yeah - it would be nice to take it to 34th since leaving from penn station. I guess I should just give myself a lot of time

you can walk to the station and keep walking if it looks like a mess

It should be manageable at this time of day, just allow at least double the time you'd normally allow. My F commute took about an hour today to do what normally takes maybe 25 minutes. Going back last night around 8:30 pm was a breeze though, even got a seat.

I am slowly floating towards manhattan

just walked by park on 34 and saw
a huge line - maybe for the ferry???

Line round the block for f at 63 and lex

My corny dad joke was to say "do you know if the 930 show is sold out?". By making that joke I was actually meta trolling life itself

metro north is free so I saved 20 bucks

the bus lines outside grand central were pretty crazy.

The line moved and the cops did a creditable job of keeping things safe and organized. I almost wanted to hug the cops that were stuck underground at the miserable 63/lex station all day

I just had Cuomo's briefing on but had to bail when Sen Schmuck came on. Did I hear the 4 & 5 are going Brooklyn-Manhattan now?

I feel the most for cops who had to stand in the cold all over Lower Manhattan setting flares and directing traffic in the pitch dark. It's cold and windy down there! Flares are awesome, though.

F getting restored later today, yeah yeah yeah

I just had Cuomo's briefing on but had to bail when Sen Schmuck came on. Did I hear the 4 & 5 are going Brooklyn-Manhattan now?
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Saturday, November 3, 2012 10:21 AM

I was wondering the same thing myself. I think it's true! 10 minute wait between trains but I'll take it!

In what Governor Andrew Cuomo has termed an “unprecedented engineering feat,” the MTA plans to restore nearly 80 percent of subway service by the end of the day today. Currently, 4 and 5 trains are running between Brooklyn and Manhattan with the 5 making express stops in Manhattan. The 6 is running to Brooklyn Bridge as well, and the F, D, J and M trains will return to full service later today. The 7 is now operating between 42nd St./Times Square and Flushing-Main St., and A train service between Lefferts Boulevard and 207th St. will start on Monday.

NYT Metro Desk ‏@NYTMetro
Subway problems remain. Lhota, MTA head, says L train tunnel flooded "wall to wall, ceiling to ceiling," @mattfleg reports.

RIP williamsburg

How many ceilings does it have?

that is a zen question that MTA workers have been stuck thinking about instead of cleaning it

Cuomo Offers Hope for Motorists
For those worried about long gas lines and shortages, elected officials in New York promised on Saturday morning that help is on the way, at least in that state.

More than 8 million gallons of gas have been delivered to service stations, with 28 million more gallons on the way, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said.

Additionally, the military is trucking in 12 million gallons and will set up distribution centers starting later on Saturday.

The fuel will be free, but drivers will be limited to 10 gallons.

“Do not panic” Mr. Cuomo said. “We did have a shortage in fuel delivery,” he said. “That situation has been remedied.”

The 4/5 from Bk to Manhattan and back again: absolute bliss, not too crowded, speedy, welcome back beautiful subway!

I have three trains: the L, the G and the M. At least the M is coming back.

no interboro F yet, as of an hour ago

considering that the F and C trains traditionally come to a crawl when it sprinkles (anyone else notice that?) it doesn't surprise me

no damn D/F from Bklyn still

i survived this bitch. had to go to the ER in Jersey City on Wednesday b/c i dislocated my elbow, but i am fine now.

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/11/g-and-l-trains-will-not-be-back-until-next-week.html

F trains starting to run between mht and bklyn according to twitter?

D is running it looks like

http://i.imgur.com/PZeP0.png

it must be running on the e line?

Something doesn't make sense. Surely it was running through the F tunnel at the end of last week. So why should the F notification mention M/E train stops?

Oh, that notice is for the M train. M, F, B and D are grouped together as far as service changes.

argh argh argh, why are they closing those stations again? My commute was finally down to a reasonable 1.5 hrs.

ah ok wait, n/m, they were closed all along. But I assume they didn't mean to link those to the F, cuz they're not F stops.

today's map is claiming a lot of things. F and M are running in lower manhattan? Can anyone confirm this first-hand?

I took the F uptown this morning - it was PACKED.

even during normal times like 2 downtown Fs come for every uptown F - today it was more like 4 downtown Fs for every uptown F.

E was running, and it was express, hooray!

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/11/black-market-for-gasoline-is-booming.html

E was running, and it was express, hooray!

OK should I, like, flee work now? How long until this blizzard shuts down my one meager connection to wburg (namely the J/M)?

G back, dammit

How that happen?

Obama

lol

Barry did 11-7?

G is back but 'with considerable delays'.