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BM5 via Woodhaven

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  1. So far, I feel like the only one who feels the transit fares should be lowered AND restructured across the board and that the fare-beating law should be greatly reduced, completely revamped so it doesn't penalize the working class and poor, or abolished.

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      ...won't get caught, and then it repeats itself. Old habits die hard. If you genuinely don't have enough, that's understandable.

       

      BTW, even people who are poor try to do this as well on the bus (just pay a few cents or even a dollar short of the fare, and then tell the B/O). Eventually, some B/O's catch on and warn the person. Sometimes they won't even let them on.

       

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  2. So far, I feel like the only one who feels the transit fares should be lowered AND restructured across the board and that the fare-beating law should be greatly reduced, completely revamped so it doesn't penalize the working class and poor, or abolished.

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      ...clothing, and the latest gadgets. I don't even have an iPhone (which are overrated and expensive) or any such clothing. Then they can't afford the bus fare. These teens are all growing up with misplaced priorities, and it's only going to get worse if nobody instills some sense into them. This isn't even just a black thing: this is relevant too in the hispanic population, and in the white populations living in those areas. Some people are just too lazy or feel that they won...

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  3. So far, I feel like the only one who feels the transit fares should be lowered AND restructured across the board and that the fare-beating law should be greatly reduced, completely revamped so it doesn't penalize the working class and poor, or abolished.

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      I am all for fairness and helping those in need, but there's a fine line into what's considered helping and what's considered pampering.

       

      Back then, when you said you were poor, you were poor. I remember growing up with my parents bringing in what they could after working long hours in order to support everyone in the household. Didn't have much, but we all managed to make it. Nowadays, I see a lot of mofos on the street with the "cool" or "trending"...

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  4. So far, I feel like the only one who feels the transit fares should be lowered AND restructured across the board and that the fare-beating law should be greatly reduced, completely revamped so it doesn't penalize the working class and poor, or abolished.

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      I see farebeating occurring partially because people don't want to wait in line, outside people not having the fare. What about them? I say the penalty should be significantly increased for that reason.

       

      If the B/O lets you on, that's a different story, but otherwise, it's not very fair, especially considering how paying customers have to stand while they have a seat (or seats if they get comfortable) to themselves.

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  5. So looking forward to riding the Orion 7 CNGs out of Spring Creek before they head for the scrap heap!

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      I'm not sure if they will, but I hope they throw some on the weekends too.

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  6. Can't wait for Thanksgiving. :)

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      Until someone brings up politics. Then everything goes downhill from there, lol.

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  7. I like how I was told I was foaming chasing 677...yet some wen't to JFK illegally to shoot it lol

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      Some people just want to claim all the "exclusives".

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  8. I was never scared of clowns. Until now.....

  9. This Summer has treated me well for the most part, what about you?

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      The first half has been okay, the second half was a hit or miss.

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  10. How the hell do people listen to mainstream music these days? It's just... awful.

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      Your lyrics can make no sense whatsoever nowadays, but granted you have a catchy beat, there's your hit. Quite sad too, since there are some more insightful or meaningful songs that get slept on. This goes for all genres, not just pop.

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  11. I'm sick and tired of ignorant people calling Bay Ridge "Beirut"

  12. A quick question: Can one transfer between NYCT subway and NICE on a metrocard? For example, if I take the subway to the LIRR, and then get on a NICE bus, will the bus deduct another fare?

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      Depends on how much time passes by between dipping your metrocard on the NYCT bus, and when you dip your card on the NICE bus. If you dip it within the time limit, you should be fine.

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  13. I am now a graduate of HS and I will continue my goals in college.

  14. Michael Horodniceanu really got teared into in this months meeting. Wish I had popcorn watching him being put on blast..

  15. Took a stroll down memory lane to 2010, around this month, and had a good laugh reading all of the Orange (M) hate and how folks said it wouldn't last......6 years later, it's still here and it's pretty successful from what I see.

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      I would have preferred for it to be called (V), but I myself was pretty glad that was happening, since it was going to be using some trackage that was not used for decades. Of course, this was when I was more into the subway system and when I lived in Forest Hills. Now the naming has grown on me, and it is a benefit for me too in some cases.

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  16. Every time I have to be home at a certain time, the route I need always desires to grow superpowers and desire to leave me in my station/stop for at least 15 min.

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      BM5 via Woodhaven

      This is the case with me and the Q59 from Williamsburg. I take an earlier bus now because the bus after it played way too many games to be able to catch it. Those issues were then resolved, but now for whatever reason there is a 1 hour gap between the bus I now take and the one before it, so my bus gets slammed by the time it reaches the (L). That essentially negates any time savings by taking that earlier, since it is delayed by up to 20 minutes at times.

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  17. It's no surprise bus ridership is decreasing. All these gaps...ouch

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      BM5 via Woodhaven

      Not only that, but traffic. IDK what was going on in Manhattan today, but the 4 PM QM25 from Downtown took a little more than 3 hours to get to Glendale. That bus had to do the last outbound trip, which it did at around 8:20 (80 minutes late). The QM3 buses in the PM were all closeby to each other on Northern Blvd (there's only 3 buses, on 30 minute headways). Other routes were so behind.

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  18. I find it amazing that fans don't give a crap about a certain bus model until a swap happens lmao.

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      What swap would this be about, CT's?

  19. I just got the most amazing email ever and I'm laughing my ass off at it. Perhaps it's worth sharing....

  20. Screw RTS, LFS for life man...

  21. Screw RTS, LFS for life man...

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      I don't like the LFS's much. The LFSA's are better than the LFS's though, IMO.

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  22. I'm trying to put an exterior sign onto my signature, right? So every time when i try to click save change, why dose it keep saying error?

  23. Can't wait for Q44 +SBS+ to launch next month. (Hopefully....)

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