Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

Joe Lhota's work is apparently done. The chairman of the MTA announced on Friday that he has resigned from the position, a surprise to many after he insisted last month that he wasn't going anywhere. The 64-year-old Cuomo appointee was rumored to be considering an exit, after facing scrutiny for potential conflicts of interest posed by his numerous side gigs. He will continue to serve as chief of staff at NYU Langone Health, director of the board at Madison Square Garden, and board member of the Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens Connector.

In a statement, Lhota told the Wall Street Journal that he accepted the public position last year for the "sole purpose of halting the decline of service and stabilizing the system for my fellow New Yorkers." While it may not feel like it, that ambition was in fact achieved, according to a man who has not ridden the subway since President Obama was still in office, five hundred thousand or so years ago.

"Joe Lhota has dedicated decades of his life to public service culminating in two tours of duty at the helm of the MTA," Cuomo said in a statement that referred to the mass transit system as a war zone....

http://gothamist.com/2018/11/09/joe_lhota_resigns_subway_all_better.php

fine I'll run the MTA

— Italian Alex Pareene (@pareene) November 9, 2018

The MYmta app is reliable except when it isn’t

NEW YORKERS: please, just fix the subway
DEBLASIO: I've got a transit plan, and I think you're going to be big [stifling smirk] fans of it
NYERS: is it goddamned fan boats
DEBLASIO: [inaudible due to fan boat noise]

— actioncookbook (@actioncookbook) November 13, 2018

lol

Ugh. I for one welcome our new passengers on the already dicey 7 train

The city has zero plan to move people via anything other than private or for-hire vehicles, so we're entering an era in which a small amount of snow will combine with an already crushing amount of traffic to just shut the whole system down. https://t.co/AHef7Br5Ut

— Doug Gordon (@BrooklynSpoke) November 16, 2018

This is Amazon Cuomo's MTA: Fare hikes, service cuts, and a potential death spiral. This is what he's trying to disclaim responsibility for.https://t.co/vEZQEopIfc

— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) November 19, 2018

Good luck NYC

https://welcometotwinpeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/twin-peaks-metrocard-mta-dale-cooper-759x500.jpg

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F train had it all today: 25-minute delay, an unannounced "police activity" at 2 Ave, a 30-minute argument btwn a man and a woman featuring both "n***er" and "f***ot"

I sang a loud chorus of "Helluva Town"

New 7 train signals working great I must say

Opted to take bus from Manhattan instead

This whole charade is laughably bad, but I'm sticking with this. https://t.co/FPTni6An6J

— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) December 13, 2018

RUMOR MILL this morning: Cuomo may announce L train shutdown is unnecessary later today

— TransitCenter (@TransitCenter) January 3, 2019

lol

that "teams of donkeys will pull the train" idea was a humdinger, eh?

I've said it before but a very Cuomo way to do this would be to delay the shutdown just long enough to lose the federal Sandy relief funds then do it anyway. https://t.co/5wUJkuGYXU

— Michael T Sweeney (@mtsw) January 3, 2019

the mta equivalent of "my resolution is to go to the gym regularly in 2019'

UPDATE: One source says Cuomo may switch from the 1.5 year total L train shutdown timeline to one that would last 3+ years, by partially shutting down one track. https://t.co/is7ZEfyHUf

— Gothamist (@Gothamist) January 3, 2019

Just unbelievable

ffs. wonder if he'll also finally admit to being in charge of the MTA, but only during alternate nights and weekends or whenever the L is closed.

i'm pretty sure RotoRooter would fix that tunnel

the one between andy's ears, sure

"I called up Tesla, I said...[blah blah blah]...you're talking about flying cars, we're just talking about moving trains." God, Cuomo, SHUT THE FUCK UP.

— Market Urbanism (@MarketUrbanism) January 3, 2019

Cuomo has trotted out the dean of the Cornell School of Engineering for his press conference, and as I hear it, a lot of rank-and-file MTA staffers are L I V I D at this person.

— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) January 3, 2019

man im trying to complain less in 2019 but this is a wildly stupid headline and it's really frustrating that the one sustainable "local" paper is this uselessly glib about city/state infrastructure and politics https://t.co/XGyA2iANUp

— Max Read (@max_read) January 3, 2019

Asked if Judlau, the contractor that won the $477 million contract to fix the tunnel, will still be working on the project, Ferrer said, "We'll be renegotiating the scope of work and the project itself." Does he know how much it will cost?

"I don't know the answer to that question," Ferrer replied. "I don't know if anyone does...On this new project we believe it can be done within the envelope."

Cuomo refused to promise that it would take a maximum of 20 months, calling it a "silly question."

"Less time, less work, equals less money, but I am a monster to negotiate with," Cuomo said.

http://gothamist.com/2019/01/03/l_train_shutdown_wait_what.php#photo-1

embedded on gothamist, worth preserving here i think

Q: What is Andrew Cuomo's favorite lunch meat?

A: pic.twitter.com/vAMyeEhE7n

— Jon Campbell (@JonCampbellGAN) January 2, 2019

SCOOP: The MTA's service draft plans for L-train single-tracking (in lieu of the full shutdown) bring lots of bad news for riders: 20-minute headways, possible platform metering, and no inter-borough shuttle bus service https://t.co/7bfbrFNJti

— David J. Meyer (@dahvnyc) January 23, 2019

wow, andrew cuomo finally visited the subway

http://gothamist.com/2019/02/08/subway_blob_mystery.php

hah

A track from the 7 train just crashed down upon a driving car around 65th Street in Woodside, piercing through the windshield. These photos are horrifying! pic.twitter.com/fBjxItlK7Q

— Jimmy Van Bramer (@JimmyVanBramer) February 21, 2019

jfc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae8_-GTf3UY

I was in sunnyside monday night and totally thinking how the 7 seems better than most lines right now. That is a total Final Destination picture.

The N, W going up into astoria has been having all of the stations completely refurnished. My station is missing the stairs going up right now. I swear it sways a crazy amount now when a large vehicle goes by.

It’s time NYC got it’s fair share.
The majority of MTAs capital budget has been sunk into massive projects that benefit LIRR & MNRR customers.
@nysdemocrats graph:@nicolegelinas https://t.co/WxBR8K22yH @JumaaneWilliams @RidersNY pic.twitter.com/SbiDA8O1Ab

— Joby Jacob (@joby_jacob) February 28, 2019

So I guess the NYC rats have entered whatever stage of their takeover plan is to seize control of the subway system pic.twitter.com/7uih5rqpCj

— Bailey Carlin (@BaileyCarlin) March 12, 2019

It’s time NYC got it’s fair share.
The majority of MTAs capital budget has been sunk into massive projects that benefit LIRR & MNRR customers.

That tweet/chart combo is a tad misleading. He refers to the whole "capital budget" but the chart only reflects expansion programs within the budget. In reality it's more like 75% of the capital budget goes to NYC transit (which may still be out of whack, but not nearly to the degree suggested there).

Some kind of would-be Raahsan Roland Kirk keeps blowing a whistle on the 7 train.

aaron (signal problems, not basketball) gordon is great but I dread opening twitter during my commute and having the first thing I see be something by him, because it usually means shit's bad with the commute

reader, shit was bad

Posted: 03/26/2019 8:33AM

Northbound F Subway trains are delayed while NYPD responds to reports of a customer altercation at Ft Hamilton Pkwy.

anyone we know?

Garu G vs. Ricardo the Troll MTA fite!

that's my stop!
not me though.

going one way from court square queens to fort hamilton brooklyn took about 145 minutes last night. read the entire paper.

Subway Bathrooms: Are They as Bad as You Think?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/nyregion/subway-bathrooms.html

feel like this post is not gonna go over well but I read this and was... not overly impressed with the framing of it. very squalor-porn, some questionable details. like, if you're going to write about a bunch of subway stations in harlem and the bronx to contrast with times square and long island city, it might be a good idea to reach for different metaphors than "the monkey habitat at the zoo"

yeah, that whole pieces flippant vibe was enraging. if anything the NYT should be doing an expose on how the MTA's lack of bathrooms leads to people pissing and shitting on platforms and in cars.