taking a cab from the airport
or the bus (which takes forever)
― gabbneb, Friday, 3 August 2007 18:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i would suggest just getting a $10 metrocard (6 rides) instead of the weekly pass. it's a better value in most cases.
― edb, Friday, 3 August 2007 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link
just FYI, i do not recommend fallign asleep on the subway unless you like being woken up by cops in Jamaica at 5am.
― ian, Friday, 3 August 2007 18:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorta-related question: Can one buy a seven-day MetroCard at La Guardia Airport? I'm visiting soon and would like to take care of that when I arrive.-- mike a, Friday, August 3, 2007 6:31 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
-- mike a, Friday, August 3, 2007 6:31 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
yes you can buy them at lga.
― hstencil, Friday, 3 August 2007 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link
but you can't take the subway directly from there :(
― poortheatre, Friday, 3 August 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
btw, in answer to the original question, I am Shit Outta Luck.
Under the TransitChek® Program a lost or stolen MetroCard® cannot be replaced.
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 5 August 2007 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
How much do you save with TransitChek?
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 5 August 2007 14:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i think transit check is pre-tax dollars -- so you're paying for the metrocard with, well, pre-tax dollars (and your tax bill goes down). you may want to check with your HR people, though.
― Eisbaer, Sunday, 5 August 2007 15:22 (sixteen years ago) link
i think it's somewhere in the neighborhood of a 40% savings? something like that?
― hstencil, Sunday, 5 August 2007 16:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Fortunately, my card 'lagged' behind the expiration of the last one (ie, unused during vacations etc) I only have to pay for about 8 days. Why it isn't where I always store it I can't figger.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 6 August 2007 13:24 (sixteen years ago) link
i have a similar problem, this is going to sound ridiculous.. but at my old job i started getting those transitchek credit cards, all exactly for $78 or whatever a monthly costs these days. i was out of work for a while so i started intermittently using them for single rides and daily passes. i have three in my wallet that have like $4-$8 on them. is there anyway i can get the money back or move the credits into one purchase?
― sanskrit, Monday, 6 August 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
somebody bump this thread when the trains are running. apparently it's a mess. so not leaving for work until it's fixed.
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 12:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I went to the station, and then another station, before learning that ALL trains are fucked. Home now, think I'll make a big breakfast instead.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 12:44 (sixteen years ago) link
exactly!
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 12:46 (sixteen years ago) link
yes!
(had a dentist appt, cancelled!)
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 12:48 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.livescience.com/images/050114_subway_flood_03.jpg
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 13:05 (sixteen years ago) link
12 noon BK FAP?
― sanskrit, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 13:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Sadly I'll prob be at the office by noon. :(((
― Laurel, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 13:13 (sixteen years ago) link
But first I'm making bastard jambalaya w andouille. Sadly, out of shrimps.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 13:14 (sixteen years ago) link
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/twentieth_century_fox/the_day_after_tomorrow/jake_gyllenhaal/day.jpg
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 13:15 (sixteen years ago) link
i need to get in by 1 for a meeting. i'm going to give it another hour or so before i try....
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 13:16 (sixteen years ago) link
1st floor of my condo (neighbor's section) flooded and I am meant to not flush until they know that the sewers haven't routed into their house. Meanwhile no ac at work means I work from home again. End of the world.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 13:24 (sixteen years ago) link
okay scary: i woke up at 4 or whenever it really came down and my fucking cat
was outside
on our windowsill (three flights up!) in the storm
this is Brooklyn, mind you. she's never supposed to get out - she must have climbed past me while i was in the office (that window doesn't have a screen).
it was incredibly surreal. the sky looked absolutely gorgeous and amazing but my fucking cat was tiptoeing around for her life! to top it off, she's SUPER SCARED of storms and always runs under the stove when it rains.
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 13:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I made it in via bus and 3 trains, wimps.
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― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
L = fail G = fail B48 -> JMZ -> walk ~1 mile = win
― sleep, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:37 (sixteen years ago) link
B67 + M + D + F as E
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:38 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Laurel, Wednesday, August 8, 2007 1:14 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
girl, we know you got a bike, GET PEDALING.
― sanskrit, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:40 (sixteen years ago) link
4-5-6 still not running, so i dont know if it's even worth bothering to try to get up to the UES yet?
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:40 (sixteen years ago) link
i had no problem with L. F was really backed up but still got me to work. now i am angry because i'd much rather be home getting ready for 6 am departure to buffalo tomorrow.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:48 (sixteen years ago) link
between this morning and B*adrum, WORST NEW YORK SUMMER SINCE '77
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:51 (sixteen years ago) link
8-8-07, never forget!
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:54 (sixteen years ago) link
it's a damn-you-hadda-be-there urban legend.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:55 (sixteen years ago) link
No bklyn bound ACE.
God damn the L for being the one running fine, I could be at home right now with the dogs.
― Jon Lewis, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:57 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't know if i bother trying - it sounds like the L is running but i imagine i will be fucked at union square.
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah I think you're right.
We failed to give enough props yesterday on Sea Serpent Day so now they're running amok in the tunnels.
― Jon Lewis, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Number 7 to Times Square then Number 1 one stop to 34 Street and then I walked downtown.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:02 (sixteen years ago) link
have fun in your 100-degree afternoon, new yorkers
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Where are you now in your travels, Tracer?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link
white city!
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Lisboa?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link
MTA > viceland > blogger's sense of entitlement
― sexyDancer, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Wait, you live on the 7 line?
― Casuistry, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I usually take the E or F at Roosevelt Avenue.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
eeww it's supposed to be that hot here today? i rly don't know how much longer i can do this. it's gotten to the point where i can't SIT DOWN IN MY OFFICE with HEADPHONES on. i'm actually afraid the humidity will ruin my headphones. it's driving me crazy. where the fuck did the days of central air go? HUH?
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I went back to Queens last December, Chris, remember? Or maybe I didn't tell you.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll be taking the 7 to Shea for tonight's game (if anyone wants a drink in Jax Heights around 11, talk me into it)...
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link
No, welcome back!
I am not leaving the goddamned air conditioning today.
― Casuistry, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:38 (sixteen years ago) link
morbs, after arriving at the office
http://images.worldcupblog.org/ira/P_Rodney_Dangerfield_1.jpg
this summer has not been bad at all, people, stop being so dramatic
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:54 (sixteen years ago) link
i know it hasn't been that bad but listen i'm on the top floor and it's ALWAYS RIDICULOUS humd inside, much more hot and humid than it is OUTSIDE! i HATE that!
i think it's worse than last summer tho
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link
The Fourth Avenue / 9th Street N/R/W platform was a FUCKING TREAT. The air was raising bruises on people.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 16:00 (sixteen years ago) link
ewww mook don't even
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
midday trips are spacious!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/nyregion/subway-fire-death.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 27 March 2020 13:41 (four years ago) link
More MTA employees have died from coronavirus in the past couple weeks than all of the NYPD officers who have been shot and killed over the last 30 years. https://t.co/zjcQonoOcP— David Menschel (@davidminpdx) April 6, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
jesus christ
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
Good to see you up and about on here, Mr Hand.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
What are the odds there'll be a mass "transit lives matter" movement carried out by white authoritarian-leaning suburbanites across this great nation? No? Nothing? Gosh.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:19 (four years ago) link
because what else
https://gothamist.com/news/facing-8-billion-losses-mta-will-still-hire-350-new-subway-cops
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:52 (four years ago) link
whew, thank god for that!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 18 April 2020 04:56 (four years ago) link
Context: When Cuomo unveiled the new NY state budget earlier this month, his number one boast was that it "includes no new taxes" and "continues to phase in tax cuts". He'd rather let the MTA die than ask his wealthy neighbors to pay a dollar more. https://t.co/5bOxl79DVa— JW Mason (@JWMason1) April 20, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 12:35 (four years ago) link
https://gothamist.com/news/mtas-plan-to-shutter-subways-overnight-draws-divisive-response
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 2 May 2020 12:34 (three years ago) link
congrats to london’s new transport commissioner, andy byford
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:28 (three years ago) link
safe from Cuomo
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
this is why we can't have nice things
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link
Yes you can and it is extremely alarming that Cuomo is saying this. He's never going to restore 24/7 service. https://t.co/oFwxiboDWi— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) June 8, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 June 2020 21:11 (three years ago) link
Anyone get back on today? I’ve taken it about 5 times in the past couple of months and it was pretty clean
― calstars, Monday, 8 June 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
Sally Librera, first female head of NYC Transit is outhttps://www.thecity.nyc/2020/6/30/21307812/how-subway-boss-grappled-with-transit-nightmares-during-covid
MTA continues price gouging in new and exciting ways, these shits are gonna end up on the trackshttps://gothamist.com/news/mta-rolls-out-ppe-vending-machines-select-subway-stations
Their ten blue surgical masks offering will cost you $12.49, or $1.25 per mask. For comparison, on Amazon, you can get 50 for $28, or .56-cents a piece. Other vending machine items include one disinfectant wipe, which will cost .75-cents, and one KN95 mask, which costs $10. Reusable cloth masks will be priced at $5.99, wipes $2.25, and a 2-oz bottle of hand sanitizer $4.99. Additionally, there are kits that include a mask, sanitizing wipes, and a pair of gloves are priced at $6.49.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
Riding the subway is likely much safer than you thinkhttps://t.co/AKQekKpSq9In Paris: 0 of the 386 infection clusters between May and July were linked to public transit.in Tokyo, no virus clusters have been linked to its famously crowded rail lines.— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) August 2, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 2 August 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
sound up
pic.twitter.com/WP0HTDh0kO— Unusual Videos 🤔 (@UnusualVideos) August 13, 2020
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 15 August 2020 15:04 (three years ago) link
https://gothamist.com/news/mta-a-train-subway-derail-manhattan-8th-ave
An uptown A train derailed inside the 14th Street/8th Avenue subway station in Manhattan this morning. An MTA spokesperson confirmed that one of the train's wheels "went off the track" around 8:15 a.m. According to the MTA, the train hit some debris in the trackbed as it pulled into the station, causing the derailment and cutting power to all four tracks. All passengers were safely evacuated, the MTA said in a statement. The train "hit a few poles," according to a statement from the FDNY. Approximately 30 people were evacuated from the train, with one person sustaining minor injuries, the FDNY said.An NYPD spokesperson says an unnamed 30-year-old man has been taken into custody by police, who are investigating whether he caused the derailment. The spokesperson had no further details, but police sources tell the Daily News that "a saboteur clamped wooden planks onto the roadbed." He was reportedly subdued by good Samaritans who "held him at the station until cops took him into custody." The News' sources added that the man was "laughing at his accomplishment."
An NYPD spokesperson says an unnamed 30-year-old man has been taken into custody by police, who are investigating whether he caused the derailment. The spokesperson had no further details, but police sources tell the Daily News that "a saboteur clamped wooden planks onto the roadbed." He was reportedly subdued by good Samaritans who "held him at the station until cops took him into custody." The News' sources added that the man was "laughing at his accomplishment."
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 20 September 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/9/17/21440817/mtas-fare-evasion-math-was-off-track-review-finds
unrelated:https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2020/09/18/nyc-tries-50-fines-to-get-scofflaws-to-don-masks-on-subway1 - fining people for this is stupid, just tell them they need to wear a mask or escort them off the subway2 - I'd say about 5% of people on the trains are going without masks now, 10% more are doing the dicknose thing. It's a game of moving from car to car to avoid people, especially when then sit down right next to you3 - ridership, especially not at peak hours, still feels only about half what I was used to
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 21 September 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
Followup the first week that the 50$ fine schedule was in effect it was enforced... zero (0) times
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 21 September 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
i mean, good? it's a dumb way to enforce the law. Again, they just need to tell people to put on a mask and escort them off if they refuse.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 21 September 2020 15:40 (three years ago) link
you are correct
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 21 September 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
HI DERE!
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 October 2021 11:28 (two years ago) link
https://nypost.com/2022/01/03/nyc-man-jumps-subway-turnstile-fatally-breaking-neck-video/
yikes
― o. nate, Monday, 3 January 2022 19:52 (two years ago) link
noted while going into the city on an otherwise abandoned car: six unopened and abandoned packages of loxhttp://i.imgur.com/rhGOx2E.jpg
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 January 2022 21:33 (two years ago) link
Fuckin’ lox
― calstars, Monday, 17 January 2022 22:47 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuBvSE_CGKw
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 January 2022 23:03 (two years ago) link
not gonna lie NYC subways have been extra wild the last few times I rode
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 17 January 2022 23:07 (two years ago) link
it is rough. moving from car to car is feeling like the right call more often
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 03:08 (two years ago) link
why?
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 09:30 (two years ago) link
Pole performance acrobats feet just missing my face
― calstars, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 14:32 (two years ago) link
Showtime?
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 14:37 (two years ago) link
More obviously fucked up people setting up shop in cars and making them impossible to stay in, severely damaged people losing their minds, lots of people going unmasked and sitting down next to you, tempers running high generally all over
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 15:01 (two years ago) link
https://nypost.com/2022/04/09/new-hudson-yards-subway-station-already-moldy/
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 April 2022 16:18 (two years ago) link
pour one out
Six Brightliners have officially left New York and are bound for Ohio, their final destination before heading to the big rail yard in the sky.Bon Voyage, R32s! Thank you for your many years of service ⛴ pic.twitter.com/oPqcvcz8Nk— MTA. Wear a Mask. Stop the Spread. (@MTA) May 5, 2022
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 May 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
Jesus. I hope nobody on here or anyone any of you know was on either of these trains
Breaking News: Two subway trains collided near the 96th Street station in Manhattan, causing one of them to derail, officials said. It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured. https://t.co/CM1QwKCtDu— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 4, 2024
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Thursday, 4 January 2024 21:40 (three months ago) link
Eight people aboard a northbound 1 train were injured when it collided with a work train around 3 p.m., according to officials and an internal police report about the collision. The injuries were not considered life-threatening, but those passengers were taken to hospitals, the report said.
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Thursday, 4 January 2024 21:41 (three months ago) link
How many things would have to go wrong in exactly the right way for that to happen… it seems inconceivable in 2024
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 4 January 2024 21:56 (three months ago) link
This was such an incredible screw up. Should cost some folks their jobs really. https://t.co/SzzIJp6boy— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) January 5, 2024
The crash so far: - Someone/someones pulled a bunch of emergency brake cords on a northbound No. 1 train at the 96th Street station - The No. 1s behind it were rerouted onto the express - One of those was crossing back when the stuck train somehow started moving again.— Nolan Hicks (@ndhapple) January 4, 2024
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 5 January 2024 02:18 (three months ago) link
When the guy basically shouts to make an announcement: do these people know how mics and PAs work?
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 March 2024 19:22 (one month ago) link
Sorry if that’s mean
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 March 2024 19:30 (one month ago) link
I mean they shuttle assholes around all day i dont blame them for getting ticked
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 11 March 2024 19:58 (one month ago) link